righteously indignant

Frequency: 5.02.5 per million words

Feeling indignant because you believe you are morally right and have been wronged.

Categories:

Examples (20)

  • ‘He deserves to be punished,’ she protested, righteously indignant.
  • She became righteously indignant at the blatant injustice.
  • The activists were righteously indignant about the environmental destruction.
  • The citizens were righteously indignant over the government's broken promises.
  • He became righteously indignant when his efforts were dismissed without consideration.
  • He spoke with a righteously indignant voice about the exploitation of workers.
  • Her righteously indignant response quickly silenced the critics.
  • It's perfectly understandable to feel righteously indignant when your trust is betrayed.
  • Many citizens felt righteously indignant after the scandalous revelations.
  • The article contained a righteously indignant critique of corporate greed.
  • She spoke with righteously indignant passion against the injustice.
  • Activists grew righteously indignant as they witnessed the environmental damage.
  • The child was righteously indignant that his toy had been taken without permission.
  • Were you not righteously indignant when you heard the news?
  • They expressed their righteously indignant disapproval of the new policy.
  • Such acts of cruelty invariably provoke a righteously indignant response.
  • To be righteously indignant about such an act is a natural human reaction.
  • I will always be righteously indignant about discrimination in any form.
  • The teacher grew righteously indignant at the blatant cheating.
  • Even years later, she remained righteously indignant about the false accusations.