indignant

adjective

/ɪnˈdɪɡnənt/

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feeling or showing anger and surprise because you think that you have been treated unfairly愤慨的；愤怒的；义愤的
- an indignant letter/look愤慨的信／神情
- indignant at/about something She was very indignant at the way she had been treated.她对于自己受到的待遇大为光火。
- indignant that… They were indignant that they hadn't been invited.他们因没有受到邀请而愤愤不平。
Synonyms angry
angry
- mad
- indignant
- cross
- irate
These words all describe people feeling and/or showing anger.
- angry feeling or showing anger:
  Please don’t be angry with me.请别生我的气。
  Thousands of angry demonstrators filled the square.广场上聚满了成千上万的愤怒示威者。
- mad [not before noun] (informal, especially North American English) angry:
  He got mad and walked out.他大动肝火，愤然离去。
  She’s mad at me for being late.我迟到了，她非常生气。
  Mad is the usual word for ‘angry’ in informal American English. In British English, the phrase ‘go mad’ means ‘become very angry’: Dad’ll go mad when he sees what you’ve done. ‘Go mad’ can also mean ‘go crazy’ or ‘get very excited’.
- indignant feeling or showing anger and surprise because you think that you or somebody else has been treated unfairly:
  She was very indignant at the way she had been treated.她对自己受到的待遇大为光火。
- cross (especially British English, rather informal) rather angry or annoyed:
  I was quite cross with him for being late.我因他迟到而十分生气。
  This word is often used by or to children.
- irate very angry:
  irate customers愤怒的顾客
  an irate letter言辞激愤的信
  Irate is not usually followed by a preposition: She was irate with me/about it.
Patterns
- angry/mad/indignant/cross about/at something
- angry/cross with somebody (for doing something)
- angry/mad/indignant/cross that …
- to get angry/mad/cross
- to make somebody angry/mad/cross
Extra Examples
- ‘He deserves to be thrashed,’ she protested, fiercely indignant.“真该揍他一顿。 ”她气狠狠地抗议说。
- They were quite indignant at his remarks.他们对他的言论十分恼火。
- She became rather indignant over suggestions that she had lied.有人暗示她说谎，她颇为愤慨。
Topics Feelingsc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- feel
- look
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- about
- over
- at
- …
See full entry
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin indignant- ‘regarding as unworthy’, from the verb indignari, from in- ‘not’ + dignus ‘worthy’.

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11758 COCA: 14792

indignant

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION

VERBS

➤be, feel, look, sound憤慨；感到氣憤；看上去憤怒；聽起來憤慨

➤become, get, grow, wax變得憤怒

◇She waxes indignant if anyone tries to contradict her.如果有人想反駁，她就會憤憤不平。

➤make sb使某人感到憤慨

ADVERB

➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常憤慨

▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒／略有些惱怒

▸➤righteously義憤填膺

◇'He deserves to be punished,' she protested, righteously indignant.“他應該受到懲罰。”她義憤填膺地抗議道。

PREPOSITION

➤about, over對⋯感到憤慨

◇She became rather indignant over suggestions that she had lied.有人暗示她說謊，她頗為憤慨。

➤at因⋯憤慨

◇They were quite indignant at his remarks.他們對他的言論十分惱火。

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11758 COCA: 14792

indignant adj.
⇨ angry

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11758 COCA: 14792

indignant

Feeling angry or annoyed: angry, annoyed, upset...

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