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angered or annoyed at something unjust or wrong- She was indignant, but agreed to be searched when they accused her of shoplifting.
indignant = angered or annoyed at something unjust or wrong
- "I am not a fool," she said indignantly.
- "Don't you dare talk to me that way!" she replied indignantly.Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
- She only felt a furious surge of indignation that he should think her such a fool.Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
- "I'd like to suggest that it be named for my husband," Mrs. Poole had said, and looked around, indignant that no one else had made this suggestion.Jill McCorkle -- Ferris Beach
- "I wasn't snooping," said Katie indignantly.Betty Smith -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- And sometimes the difference between individual and organized indignation is the difference between criminal and political action.Ralph Ellison -- Invisible Man
- Afterwards he saw her lower lip quiver with indignation at her brother's insolent, cruel and ungrateful wordsFyodor Dostoyevsky -- Crime and Punishment
- Her indignation failed her, and she broke off sobbing.Charles Dickens -- Hard Times
- I was trying to be indignant but he was so cute.Sarah Dessen -- Someone Like You
- Daring, indignant, Piggy took the conch. "That's what I said! I said about our meetings and things and then you said shut up—"William Golding -- Lord of the Flies
- The other girl put her hands on her hips indignantly.Cassandra Clare -- City of Bones
- Pesao looks at his face, giggles and flings another pebble at the hens, who scatter indignantly.Junot Diaz -- Drown
- "We weren't trying to hear him!" said Ron indignantly.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- To general indignation, a sign went up on all common-room noticeboards that the next trip into Hogsmeade had been cancelled.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- 'I never ask advice about growing,' Alice said indignantly.Lewis Carroll -- Through the Looking-Glass
- Soda looked back at him indignantly.S.E. Hinton -- The Outsiders
- He's planning to feed you to his friend like a fly to a frog, so how about a little indignation?Cornelia Funke -- Inkheart
- He was working himself up to indignation.John Knowles -- A Separate Peace
- We exploded on the surface, in the middle of the Santa Monica Bay, knocking a surfer off his board with an indignant, "Dude!"Rick Riordan -- The Lightning Thief
indignantly = with anger or annoyance at something unjust or wrong
indignantly = angered by the wrong
indignation = anger at being wronged
indignant = angered or annoyed at something unjust or wrong
indignantly = with anger or annoyance at something unjust or wrong
indignation = anger at something unjust or wrong
indignation = anger or annoyance at something unjust or wrong
indignation = anger at something unjust or wrong
indignant = angered or annoyed at something unjust or wrong
indignant = angered at something unjust
indignantly = with anger or annoyance at something unjust or wrong
indignantly = with annoyance at being wronged
indignantly = angrily (at unjustly being accused of something wrong)
indignation = anger at something unjust
indignantly = with anger or annoyance at something unjust or wrong
indignantly = with annoyance at something unjust
indignation = anger at something unjust or wrong
indignation = anger or annoyance at something unjust or wrong
indignant = anger or annoyance at something unjust or wrong