anger vs indignation
indignation vs angeranger and indignation both are nouns.
anger is a verb but indignation is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anger | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| indignation | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
indignation is a hyponym of
anger; that is, indignation is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
anger:
- anger: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- indignation: a feeling of righteous anger
Other hyponyms of anger include
fury, madness, rage, enragement, infuriation, offence, offense, umbrage, outrage, huffiness, dander, hackles, bad temper, ill temper, annoyance, chafe, vexation.
| anger (noun) | indignation (noun) |
|---|---|
| belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) | a feeling of righteous anger |
| a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance | |
| the state of being angry |
| anger (verb) | indignation (verb) |
|---|---|
| make angry | |
| become angry |
Words related to "anger"
- aggravate
- anger
- angriness
- angry
- annoyance
- arouse
- bad temper
- bridle
- chafe
- choler
- combust
- dander
- deadly sin
- elicit
- emotion
- emotional arousal
- enkindle
- enrage
- enragement
- evoke
- exacerbate
- exasperate
- experience
- feel
- fire
- fury
- gall
- hackles
- huffiness
- ill temper
- incense
- indignation
- infuriate
- infuriation
- ira
- ire
- irk
- kindle
- madden
- madness
- miff
- mortal sin
- offence
- offend
- offense
- outrage
- pique
- provoke
- rage
- raise
- raise the roof
- see red
- steam
- umbrage
- vexation
- wrath
Words related to "indignation"
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