All 9 Uses of
indignant
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Bathsheba would have submitted to an indignant chastisement for her levity had Gabriel protested that he was loving her at the same time; the impetuosity of passion unrequited is bearable, even if it stings and anathematizes—there is a triumph in the humiliation, and a tenderness in the strife.†
Chpt 19-21
- Joseph perceived it, and with hectic cheeks of indignation instantly ceased singing.†
Chpt 22-24
- The first was merely to keep Troy away from Weatherbury till Boldwood's indignation had cooled; the second to listen to Oak's entreaties, and Boldwood's denunciations, and give up Troy altogether.†
Chpt 31-33
- "She's not over intimate with him," said Gabriel, indignantly.†
Chpt 31-33 *
- Bathsheba indignantly left the barn, followed by all the women and children.†
Chpt 34-36
- A flash of indignation might have been seen in Bathsheba's dark eyes as she looked resolutely ahead after this reply.†
Chpt 37-39
- "Upon my soul, I'm ashamed of you; 'tis disgraceful, Joseph, disgraceful!" said Gabriel, indignantly.†
Chpt 40-42
- The revulsion from her indignant mood a little earlier, when she had meditated upon compromised honour, forestalment, eclipse in maternity by another, was violent and entire.†
Chpt 43-45
- At these words there arose from Bathsheba's lips a long, low cry of measureless despair and indignation, such a wail of anguish as had never before been heard within those old-inhabited walls.†
Chpt 43-45
Definition:
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(indignant) angered or annoyed at something unjust or wrong