indignant
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++in·dig·nant /ɪnˈdɪɡnənt/ adjective ANGRYSURPRISEDangry and surprised because you feel insulted or unfairly treated 〔由于感觉受辱或受到不公平待遇而〕气愤的，愤慨的，愤愤不平的indignant at/about Liz was indignant at the way her child had been treated. 利兹对自己孩子受到的待遇非常气愤。 an indignant reply 愤慨的回复 —indignantly adverb ‘Of course I didn’t tell her!’ Sasha said indignantly. “我当然没有告诉她！”萨莎气愤地说。
Examples from the Corpus
indignant• At the moment people are being indignant about literary biographies and the nasty things they are saying about their subjects.• John would be indignant and angry on my behalf but it would change things if he knew.• Eric was indignant at being told he would have to wait two weeks for an appointment.• Jess felt faintly indignant at the remark.• He was indignant his comrades had not shot her on the spot.• Grandfather's always writing indignant letters to the newspaper.• There were indignant shouts from the priests.• He had sent it to a top producer at Spelling Entertainment who was indignant that Hein had the gall to plagiarize.• I began to dislike her; she looked sly and I felt indignant that she'd spoken to me like that.• The members of the branch were indignant that the government should have planted two spies among them.indignant at/about• It saw only the incomprehensible inaction of the Army of the Potomac, and was indignant at it.• At the moment people are being indignant about literary biographies and the nasty things they are saying about their subjects.• This makes it harder to wax indignant at the ideas being canvassed in Washington.• Jess felt faintly indignant at the remark.Origin indignant (1500-1600) Latin present participle of indignari, from indignus “unworthy”in·dig·nant adjectiveChineseSyllable
unfairly insulted or angry Corpus you and because surprised feel
indignant
in‧dig‧nant /ɪnˈdɪɡnənt/
adjective
indignant at/about
Liz was indignant at the way her child had been treated.
an indignant reply
—indignantly adverb:
‘Of course I didn’t tell her!’ Sasha said indignantly.
in‧dig‧nant /ɪnˈdɪɡnənt/
adjective Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: present participle of indignari, from indignus 'unworthy'
angry and surprised because you feel insulted or unfairly treatedLanguage: Latin
Origin: present participle of indignari, from indignus 'unworthy'
indignant at/about
—indignantly adverb:
angry feeling or showing anger 指愤怒、发怒 ：◆ 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 [ ( angryespecially
NAmE 指愤怒或发怒 ：◆ 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。 NOTE Mad is the usual word for 'angry' in informal American English. In British English, the phrase 'go mad' means 'very angry'.在非正式的美式英语中，mad 为表示愤怒或发怒 (angry) 的常用词。在英式英语中，短语 go mad 表示非常气愤 ：◆ Dad'll go mad when he sees what you've done. 父亲看到你的所作所为会非常气愤。 'Go mad' can also mean 'go crazy' or 'get very excited'. * go mad 也可指发疯、发狂或激动起来。 indignant feeling or showing anger and surprise because you think that you or sb else has been treated unfairly 指因遭遇或见到不公平的事而愤慨、愤怒 ：◆ 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 ( rather angry or annoyedespecially
BrE rather
指十分愤怒、恼怒 ：◆ I was quite cross with him for being late. 我因他迟到而十分生气。 NOTE This word is often used by or to children.该词常为儿童用语或对儿童的用语。 irate very angry 指极其愤怒的、暴怒的 ：◆ irate customers 愤怒的顾客 ◆ an irate letter 言辞激愤的信 NOTE Irate is not usually followed by a preposition.* irate 后通常不跟介词 ：◆ She was irate with me/about it.
Patterns
angry/mad/indignant/cross about/at sthangry/cross with sb (for doing sth)angry/mad/indignant/cross that …to get angry/mad/crossto make sb angry/mad/cross