单词 | indignation |
释义 | indignationn. a. The action of counting or treating (a person or thing) as unworthy of regard or notice; disdain, contempt; contemptuous behaviour or treatment. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of holding in contempt indignationc1374 contemning1457 scorninga1475 vilipensionc1485 disprizing1500 despitinga1529 vilipending1566 disesteeming1605 floccinaucinihilipilification1741 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. pr. iv. 9 I putte me ayeins the hates and indignaciouns of the accusor Cyprian. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 204 Ȝif þei lyuen in pride of herte for nobeleie of blood..& han indignacion and dispit of oþere pore men or wymmen. ?a1400 Arthur 48 At Cayrlyone..he let make þe Rounde table..Þat no man schulde sytt aboue other, ne haue indignacioun of hys broþer. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 76 Þe sexte cornere of pride is indignacyoun; Þat is, whan þou hast dysdeyn of symple folk, & lust noȝt to speke to hem. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 234/1 Indygnation, disdaynyng, indignation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of treating with contempt noughtingc1225 indignationa1513 lightly1576 indignity1584 avilementa1617 nihilification1678 slight1701 a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxxii. sig. l.vi Lest the cruell gentils..With pollute handes full of corrupcion Shulde touche her body, by indignation. 1526 W. Bonde Rosary sig. Ciiiiv & some with great indignacion..offre thy grace aysell to drinke. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 131 The face [of the Colossus] is something disfigured by time, or indignation of the Moores, detesting images. 2. a. Anger at what is regarded as unworthy or wrongful; wrath excited by a sense of wrong to oneself or, especially, to others, or by meanness, injustice, wickedness, or misconduct; righteous or dignified anger; the wrath of a superior. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxvi. 20 Go, my puple..be hid a litil while, to the tyme that passe myn indignacioun. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. vi There were some of the grete lordes had indignacion that Arthur shold be kynge. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxvi. f. xxxvijv When his disciples sawe that, they had indignacion sayinge: what neded this wast? a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 239 His indignation deriues it selfe out of a very computent iniurie. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vi. 26 Anger for great hurt done to another, when we conceive the same to be done by Injury, [is called] Indignation. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. viii. 144 The Indignation raised by..Injustice, and the Desire of having it punished..is by no means Malice. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 442 That man should thus encroach on fellow man..Moves indignation. 1828 D. Stewart Act. & Mor. Powers in Wks. (1854–8) VI. 202 When injustice offered to others awakens resentment against the transgressor..the emotion we feel is more properly denoted in our language by the word indignation. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iii. x. 278 His indignation knew no bounds. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. ii. 31 Ivo rode on, boiling over with righteous indignation. 1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1875) iv. 192 We cannot regard with any other sentiment than indignation the propagation of what is known to be false. b. Const. against, with (†of, †upon) a person; at (†against, †of) an action, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun] wrathc900 disdain1297 indignationc1384 heavinessc1386 gall1390 offencea1393 mislikinga1400 despitec1400 rankling?a1425 jealousyc1475 grudge1477 engaigne1489 grutch1541 outrage1572 dudgeon1573 indignance1590 indignity1596 spleen1596 resentiment1606 dolour1609 resentment1613 endugine1638 stomachosity1656 ressentiment1658 resent1680 umbrage1724 resentfulness1735 niff1777 indignancy1790 saeva indignatio1796 hard feeling1803 grudgement1845 to have a chip on one's shoulder1856 affrontedness1878 spike1890 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xx. 24 And the ten herynge hadden indignacioun of the two bretheren. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Dan. xi. 30 He schal turne aȝen, and schal haue indignacioun aȝens [E.V. c1384 Douce 369(2) be wrothe aȝeinus] the testament of seyntuarie. 1520 Chron. Eng. v. f. 4v/1 The Brytons had indygnacyon of Aloth, and wolde not be to hym attendaunt. 1534 T. Elyot tr. Isocrates Doctr. Princes 16 Persons..that..do envie and have indignacion at them that speake truly. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 103 Venus had turned a cat into a beautifull woman..who..contended with the goddesse for beauty: in indignation whereof, she rerurned [sic] her to her first nature. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ii. 80 To suspend your indignation against my brother. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Mal. i. 4 The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for euer. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 666 With shew of Zeale and Love To Man, and indignation at his wrong. View more context for this quotation 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. iv. vi. 78 I read your generous indignation with our poor Clarence. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 157 So great was the indignation against Wolsey. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > nausea wlatingc725 unlusteOE abominationa1398 flatingnessa1398 indignation1398 wambling1398 wlatness1398 nausea?a1425 walmingc1440 loathsomeness1536 qualming1565 subversion of the stomach1569 queasiness1576 pukishness1581 squeamishnessa1586 distaste1598 nausiness1598 wamble1603 sickness1604 distasting1605 distasture1611 nauseation1628 nauseousness1628 qualmishness1643 nauseating1651 crop-sickness1654 squeasinessa1660 mawkishness1670 qualminess1778 wambliness1900 icky1969 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. xxxiii Cardomomum..helpeþ þerfor aȝens..wlatenes and indignacioun of þe stomake. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. ix. 20 The Pylorus..being Moderator of Digestion: From the indignation whereof he fetches the cause of the Palsie, and Swimming Dizziness of the Head. Compounds indignation letter n. ΚΠ 1856 Sat. Rev. 2 391/2 Paterfamilias, who writes indignation-letters from Margate to the Times. indignation meeting n. a meeting to express public indignation in reference to some proceeding. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting > types of morn-speechOE court1154 morrow-speech1183 conventicle1382 congregation1389 plenary session1483 journeyc1500 night school1529 assession1560 general meeting1565 family meeting1638 panegyris1647 desk1691 collegea1703 annual general meeting1725 mass meeting1733 panegyre1757 plenum1772 family council1797 coterie1805 Round Table1830 GA1844 indignation meeting1848 protest meeting1852 hui1858 primary1859 Quaker meeting1861 mothers' meeting1865 sit-down1868 town hall1912 jamboree1919 protest rally1921 con1940 face-to-face1960 morning prayers1961 struggle meeting1966 be-in1967 love-in1967 plenary1969 catch-up1972 rencontre1975 schmoozefest1976 1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) vii. ii. 387 Instead of those 'indignation meetings' set on foot in the time of William the Testy, where men met together to rail at public abuses..there were joyous gatherings. 1861 Sat. Rev. 7 Dec. 583 When Liverpool heard of the affair of the Trent, there was what the Yankees call an ‘indignation meeting’. 1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella I. i. vi. 101 His constituents held indignation meetings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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