indignato

indignant

adjective een-dee-NYAH-toh Rare

Also means

outraged

Usage Note

Indignato is an adjective (not a noun as the seed suggests) derived from the past participle of indignarsi (to become indignant). It agrees in gender and number: indignata (f), indignati (m pl), indignate (f pl). Often appears in political discourse and media commentary. In Italian, emotions like this often take essere: sono indignato ('I am outraged').

Examples

"Il pubblico era indignato dalla decisione."

Natural Translation

The public was outraged by the decision.

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