Indignant and Offended

Indignant

Indignant adjective - Feeling or showing anger.

Offended and indignant are semantically related in aggrieved topic. In some cases you can use "Offended" instead an adjective "Indignant".

Nearby Words: indignation, indignantly

Offended

Offended adjective - Hurt or upset.

Indignant and offended are semantically related in upset topic. Sometimes you can use "Indignant" instead an adjective "Offended".

Nearby Words: offender, offending

Both words in one sentence

  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time ends with the Prince trying to kiss Farah - but since he rewound time, she doesn't remember how they worked together and warmed up to each other, so she's indignant and offended.
  • Fan Fic / The Last Draconequus He is indignant and offended by this, not because rape is a horrible thing to do, but because he sees it as the most uncreative way possible to torment someone.Twilight: Believe me, your logic about why you don't want to commit rape is so weird, nopony would ever come up with it independently.
  • Rohan also somewhat inverts this: if he has been taunted, he can spend a taunt to get indignant about having been offended.
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