indignation

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• /ˌɪn.dɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/
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From Middle English indignacioun, borrowed from Old French indignation, from Latin indignātiō, from indignor (“to scorn, resent”), from indignus (“unworthy, not fitting”), from in- (“not”) + dignus (“worthy, appropriate”). Attested since ca. 1374. Doublet of indignatio.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: узбурэ́нне (uzburénnje) — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Belarusian: абурэ́нне (aburénnje) — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Bulgarian: възмущение (vǎzmuštenie) — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Catalan: indignació — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Chinese Mandarin: 憤慨 /愤慨 (fènkǎi) — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Dutch: verontwaardiging — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Finnish: suuttumus — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• French: indignation — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• German: Empörung — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• German: Entrüstung — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Greek: αγανάκτηση (aganáktisi) — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Ancient Greek: ἀγανάκτησις (aganáktēsis) — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Hungarian: felháborodás — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Hungarian: méltatlankodás — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Japanese: 憤慨 (fungai) — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Japanese: 憤り (ikidōri) — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Japanese: 憤懣 (funman) — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Korean: 분개 (bun'gae) — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Macedonian: правдољубивост (pravdoljubivost) — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Māori: whakatakariri — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Māori: takariri — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Middle English: indignacioun — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Norwegian Bokmål: indignasjon — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Polish: oburzenie — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Portuguese: indignação — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Romanian: indignare — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Russian: возмуще́ние (vozmuščénije) — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Serbo-Croatian: indignacija — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Serbo-Croatian: negodovanje — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Spanish: indignación — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Swedish: förtrytelse — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Swedish: harm — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Tagalog: ngupinyo — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Tagalog: pangungupinyo — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Ukrainian: збу́рення (zbúrennja) — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Ukrainian: обу́рення (obúrennja) — anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice
• Bulgarian: негодувание (negoduvanie) — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Catalan: indignació — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Chinese Mandarin: 義憤 /义愤 (yìfèn) — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Chinese Mandarin: 義憤填膺 /义愤填膺 (yìfèntiányīng) — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Dutch: gebelgdheid — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Finnish: närkästys — self-righteous anger or disgust
• French: indignation — self-righteous anger or disgust
• German: Empörung — self-righteous anger or disgust
• German: Entrüstung — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Greek: αγανάκτηση (aganáktisi) — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Ancient Greek: ἀγανάκτησις (aganáktēsis) — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Hungarian: felháborodás — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Hungarian: méltatlankodás — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Japanese: 義憤 (gifun) — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Korean: 의분 (uibun) — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Māori: takariri — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Middle English: indignacioun — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Portuguese: indignação — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Romanian: indignare — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Russian: негодова́ние (negodovánije) — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Russian: возмуще́ние (vozmuščénije) — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Serbo-Croatian: indignacija — self-righteous anger or disgust
• Spanish: indignación — self-righteous anger or disgust