Hypertext Webster Gateway: "indignant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Indignant \In*dig"nant\, a. [L. indignans, -antis, p. pr. of
indignari to be indignant, disdain. See {Indign}.]
Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate;
feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or
unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading
accusation.
He strides indignant, and with haughty cries To single
fight the fairy prince defies. --Tickell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
indignant
adj : angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial";
"incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of
outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their
territory" [syn: {incensed}, {outraged}, {umbrageous}]
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