Usually means: Anger caused by perceived injustice.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. indignation: Merriam-Webster
  2. indignation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. indignation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. indignation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. indignation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Indignation, indignation: Wordnik
  7. indignation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. indignation: Wiktionary
  9. indignation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. indignation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. indignation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Indignation, indignation: Dictionary.com
  13. indignation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. indignation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Indignation (film), Indignation (novel), Indignation (word), Indignation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Indignation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. indignation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. indignation: Rhymezone
  19. indignation, indignation (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. indignation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. indignation: FreeDictionary.org
  22. indignation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. indignation: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. indignation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. indignation: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. indignation: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. indignation: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
▸ noun:  A self-righteous anger or disgust.

Similar:
outrage, aggrievement, grievance, indictment, offending, irritation, avengement, dignation, revindication, aganactesis, more...

Opposite:
contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, happiness

Phrases:
Righteous indignation, self indignation, opposite of indignation, stir up to indignation, said in indignation, more...

Adjectives:
righteous, moral, great, public, popular, much, general, virtuous, honest, intense, fiery

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     vermilion,     ruby,     burgundy, more...


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Similar:
outrage, aggrievement, grievance, indictment, offending, irritation, avengement, dignation, revindication, aganactesis, more...

Opposite:
contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, happiness

Phrases:
Righteous indignation, self indignation, opposite of indignation, stir up to indignation, said in indignation, petulant indignation, somber indignation, more...

Adjectives:
righteous, moral, great, public, popular, much, general, virtuous, honest, intense, fiery

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     vermilion,     ruby,     burgundy, more...



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