Indignation is the feeling of shock and anger which you have when you think that something is unjust or unfair. She was filled with indignation at the conditions under which miners were forced to work. feelings of anger and surprise because you feel insulted or unfairly treated
() Recorded since c.1374, from Old French (=modern) indignation, from Latin indignatio, noun of process from perfect passive participle indignatus, from verb indignare, from adjective indignus, unworthy, not fitting, from prefix in- not + dignus worthy, appropriate