as in anger
an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something
their indignation at the offensive television show led them to start a grassroots campaign for its cancellation
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Recent Examples of indignation
There is, however, indignation among Canadian media players that mirrors the public’s feelings of betrayal and anger toward Trump’s government.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 Apr. 2025
As long as there’s a perception of harm, there’s a potential for outrage, because fear and moral indignation are inextricably linked.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
The Smithsonian, the vast complex of museums that millions of Americans visit every year to see Lincoln’s top hat, the Spirit of St. Louis, Harriet Tubman’s shawl, a moon rock, and Dorothy’s ruby slippers, is at the center of the executive order’s indignation.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
In a moment of feigned indignation, Sandler threatened to storm out of the ceremony, which prompted O'Brien to apologize for his attack.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
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Down encourages readers to use their righteous anger toward rebuilding a fractured world.—
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Told in the first person, the story explores a lot of the feelings that Helen experiences: frustration and anger and love for her friend.—
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The abuses have sparked outrage and fear among South Sudanese nationals and marginalized groups in Khartoum, seen as having ties to RSF, who have recruited mercenaries from South Sudan.—
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The deaths sparked outrage and consumed social media for months as the case unfolded.—
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Future In Focus Shareholder fury: Max and Jake have been sniffing out what could happen to ITV, the UK broadcaster/producer whose future has been the subject of international gossip for quite some time now.—
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That fury gained public visibility after UnitedHealthcare's top executive, Brian Thompson, was shot and killed on a Manhattan street in December.—
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher last week became the latest law firm to strike a deal with the White House and escape President Trump’s wrath.—
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And Augusta National Golf Club did not escape the storm’s wrath.—
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Prosecutors say Read, 45, deliberately hit O’Keefe, 46, with her Lexus SUV in a drunken rage and left him for dead in January 2022.—
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So there’s a lot of rage from that, and rightfully so.—
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The endorphins lifted my mood, and the physical challenge inspired me to rework my diet and make healthier choices.—
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And his aesthetic keeps pace with Brendan Mills’ excellent editing, in changing mood from the jittery, quick-cut, handheld first half to a steadier, more contemplative last act as Lu’s treks across the boroughs become longer and slower and exhaustion begins to set in.—
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“Indignation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indignation. Accessed 26 May. 2025.
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