indignation
/ˌɪn.dɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He protested in indignation."
- "The Iron of it ſelfe, though heate red hot, / Approaching neere theſe eyes, would drinke my teares, / And quench this fierie indignation, / Euen in the matter of mine innocence."
- "Having expressed his indignation at the idea of continuity from the young Marx to the old Marx and from Marx to Lenin, Miliband appears no less offended by my stressing the continuity from Leninism to Stalinism."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: indignacioun, indignation, indignātiō