indignationin‧dig‧na‧tion /ˌɪndɪɡˈneɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] 
To his indignation, Charles found that his name was not on the list.with/in indignation Lou’s voice quivered with indignation.indignation at/about/over Her indignation at such rough treatment was understandable. He stormed into her office, full of righteous indignation.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- But the comic form he has chosen is too brittle to contain his appalled indignation.
- He showed no fear or indignation.
- It is the stereotyped image of the helpless female which arouses modern indignation.
- Much of this indignation was justified.
- Orestes proposed eagerly, but Iphigenia rejected the idea with indignation.
- The proposal has evoked both indignation and humour with suggestions as to how art treasures can be divided by their national characteristics.
- They saw them as contradictions, occasions for elaborated ironies, for indignation and anger.
THESAURUS
a strong emotion that you feel because someone has behaved badly or because a situation seems bad or unfair: · Andrea still feels a lot of anger towards her mom, who left when she was a little girl.· I’ve said some things in anger that have almost cost me my marriage.
slight anger or impatience: · He expressed annoyance at the way his comments had been misinterpreted.· The meetings were held in secret, much to the annoyance of some members of Congress.
a feeling of being annoyed and impatient, especially because something keeps happening or someone keeps saying something: · He could not hide his irritation at her persistent questioning.· Unwanted sales calls are a source of irritation for many people.
a feeling of being annoyed, especially because you cannot do what you want or because you cannot change or control a situation: · You can imagine my frustration when I found out that the next bus didn’t leave till 4 hours later.· There is a growing sense of frustration over the situation in Burma.· The government has expressed frustration at the slow legal process.
a feeling of being very annoyed because you cannot control a situation, learn to do something, or understand something, even though you are trying very hard: · Isaac sighed in exasperation.· Exasperation at the team’s lack of success was evident among the fans.
anger because you think you are being treated badly or unfairly: · The sudden increase in the numbers of immigrants has caused resentment among local people.
anger and surprise about an unfair situation: · His voice sounded full of indignation.· The scandal caused righteous indignation among opposition politicians.
anger between two people because of something that has happened: · I had no ill feeling towards him.
British English, rancor American English formal a feeling of anger and hatred towards someone who you cannot forgive because they harmed you in the past: · Even though he had lost the court case, he had shown no rancour.
formal anger, especially anger that is unreasonable: · He vented his spleen (=said why he was angry)against the airline in an article in the Times.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He stormed into her office, full of righteous indignation.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES John pushed back his chair, bristling with rage. I lay there quivering with fear. His voice was quivering with rage.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
He stormed into her office, full of righteous indignation. John pushed back his chair, bristling with rage. I lay there quivering with fear. His voice was quivering with rage.· It would be easy to direct our moral indignation in that direction.· But moral indignation ought principally to be reserved for ourselves.· On the other hand cattle stealing did not rouse general moral indignation.· From this point moral indignation became more than simply a grassroots phenomenon.· But the Commissioner, enjoying a high state of moral indignation, looked for no explanation.· Mr. Garel-Jones Moral indignation sits rather uneasily on the hon. Gentleman's shoulders, particularly on this matter.· Indeed notions of moral indignation, moral panic or moral conflict are not used in this perspective at all.
· Suddenly it was not the sunlight that made Polly glow but righteous indignation.· Desperately he tried to relight the fires of righteous indignation.· The Comintern expressed righteous indignation at such an attack, although eighteen months later it tacitly accepted all these points.· I loved the little note of righteous indignation.· He asked with no malice, with no thoughts of righteous indignation and she sensed this and answered his questions.· There was much stamping of ministerial feet, but, sadly, this show of righteous indignation led to very little action.· Farmers, full of righteous indignation, were insulted that their professionalism should be questioned.
VERB· The cold-blooded murder of a hospitalisation case has aroused great public indignation.· It is the stereotyped image of the helpless female which arouses modern indignation.
· The nurse's chin quivered in indignation as she reported that the girl was no more than a child.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
feelings of anger and surprise because you feel insulted or unfairly treated: - No wrong questions, no mock surprise.
- She threw up her hands in mock horror as the little pomeranian ran yapping among the guests.
- With mock surprise, he settled into the love seat, draping his arms along its top.
- Desperately he tried to relight the fires of righteous indignation.
- He asked with no malice, with no thoughts of righteous indignation and she sensed this and answered his questions.
- Her righteous anger moved him, filled him with a weird sense of shame that jarred him.
- His anger at her rejection was the vicious, righteous anger of one who felt betrayed.
- I loved the little note of righteous indignation.
- Suddenly it was not the sunlight that made Polly glow but righteous indignation.
- The Comintern expressed righteous indignation at such an attack, although eighteen months later it tacitly accepted all these points.
- The great goddess Nemesis, which means righteous anger, undertook to bring this about.
To his indignation, Charles found that his name was not on the list.with/in indignation Lou’s voice quivered with indignation.indignation at/about/over Her indignation at such rough treatment was understandable. He stormed into her office, full of righteous indignation.