Meanings
-
1
adj
Feeling or showing anger because something seems unfair or wrong.
She was indignant when she was accused of cheating.
Thesaurus
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin indignāns, present participle of indignor (“to consider as unworthy, be angry or displeased at”), from in- (“privative”) + dignor (“to deem worthy”), from dignus (“worthy”).
View etymology graph ->