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indignant (in DIG nuhnt) (adjective)
1. Filled with anger caused by something unworthy or mean: Shanna was indignant when she read the mean-spirited article in the newspaper.
2. Pertaining to a person who feels or shows anger because of something that is unfair or wrong; especially, because of an unjust, mean treatment, or action: Brian was very indignant about the excessive charges made by the taxi driver.
2. Pertaining to a person who feels or shows anger because of something that is unfair or wrong; especially, because of an unjust, mean treatment, or action: Brian was very indignant about the excessive charges made by the taxi driver.
indignity (in DIG ni tee) (noun)
1. A behavior which offends, humiliates, or insults: The comments in the newspaper suggested that a great indignity had been given to the visiting scholar.
2. An act or occurrence which hurts someone's pride or self-respect; an affront: So many elderly people seem to find it necessary to endure one indignity after another as a result of growing old.
2. An act or occurrence which hurts someone's pride or self-respect; an affront: So many elderly people seem to find it necessary to endure one indignity after another as a result of growing old.
Caroline was filled with indignant outrage when she witnessed the indignity which was being inflicted on the hapless old horse that was pulling a heavy cart.
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An insulting or embarrassing situation or occurrence: "Karl's grandmother was told by her doctor that she will have to endure the indignities of growing old."
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