indignation

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a feeling of righteous anger

Etymology

From Middle English indignacioun, borrowed from Old French indignation, from Latin indignātiō, from indignor (“to scorn, resent”), from indignus (“unworthy, not fitting”), from in- (“not”) + dignus (“worthy, appropriate”). Attested since ca. 1374. Doublet of indignatio.

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Synonyms

outrage

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