His indignation got the better of him.
Source: tatoeba (287477)
Indignation
//ˌɪn.dɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "indignation" (51 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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Translations
59 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀγανάκτησις noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- ἀγανάκτησις noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
Belarusian
2 entries- абурэ́нне noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- узбурэ́нне noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
Bulgarian
2 entries- възмущение noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- негодувание noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
Catalan
2 entries- indignació noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- indignació noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 憤慨 /愤慨 noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- 義憤 /义愤 noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
- 義憤填膺 /义愤填膺 noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
Dutch
2 entries- gebelgdheid noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
- verontwaardiging noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
Finnish
2 entries- närkästys noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
- suuttumus noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
French
2 entries- indignation noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- indignation noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
German
4 entries- Empörung noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- Empörung noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
- Entrüstung noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- Entrüstung noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
Greek
2 entries- αγανάκτηση noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- αγανάκτηση noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
Hungarian
4 entries- felháborodás noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- felháborodás noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
- méltatlankodás noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- méltatlankodás noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
Japanese
4 entries- 憤り noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- 憤慨 noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- 憤懣 noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- 義憤 noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
Korean
2 entries- 분개 noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- 의분 noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
Macedonian
1 entries- правдољубивост noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
Middle English
2 entries- indignacioun noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- indignacioun noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
Māori
3 entries- takariri noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- takariri noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
- whakatakariri noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- indignasjon noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
Polish
1 entries- oburzenie noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
Portuguese
2 entries- indignação noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- indignação noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
Romanian
2 entries- indignare noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- indignare noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
Russian
3 entries- возмуще́ние noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- возмуще́ние noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
- негодова́ние noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- indignacija noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- indignacija noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
- negodovanje noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
Spanish
2 entries- indignación noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- indignación noun (self-righteous anger or disgust)
Swedish
2 entries- förtrytelse noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- harm noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
Tagalog
2 entries- ngupinyo noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- pangungupinyo noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
Ukrainian
2 entries- збу́рення noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
- обу́рення noun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
His crew members often complained of Christopher Columbus's hogging of their vessel's Wifi connection to play online games, but he denied these accusations with indignation, claiming that he was researching faraway lands that they had yet to discover.
Source: tatoeba (547075)
All the strikers came out of the building in indignation.
Source: tatoeba (1165998)
'Is that vodka?' Margarita asked weakly. The cat jumped up from its chair in indignation. 'Excuse me, your majesty,' he squeaked, 'do you think I would give vodka to a lady? That is pure spirit!'
Source: tatoeba (1922702)
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