INDIGNANT, INDIGNATION
ADJECTIVES
► DUDGEONED offended, indignant → 1796
► EDGEWISE at odds, antagonistic, unfriendly, indignant → 1914 Amer. dial.
► FULMINANT violently condemning or denouncing; fiercely indignant; railing, vituperative → 1578
► HIGH-DUDGEONED offended, indignant → 1978
► MIFFED annoyed, offended, indignant, disgruntled → 1805
► ON ONE’S EAR indignant, angry; in a huff; broadly, in an uproar → 1871 Amer. sl.
INTERJECTIONS
► GREAT SNAKES! an exclamation, usually of surprise or indignation → 1878 Amer. dial.
► GREAT SNAKES AND ALLIGATORS! an exclamation, usually of surprise or indignation → 1862 Amer. dial.
► HA! an exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, joy, indignation, etc → a1300
► HOLY SNAKES! an exclamation, usually of surprise or indignation → 1927 Amer. dial.
► HURRY-DURRY! an exclamation of impatience or indignation → 1682 obs.
► I SNUM! an exclamation of surprise, indignation, or emphasis → 1831 Amer. dial.
► MASSY! ► MERCY! an exclamation of surprise, indignation, etc. → 1867 Eng. dial.
► SNAKES! an exclamation, usually of surprise or indignation → 1839 Amer. dial.
► SNAKES ALIVE! an exclamation, usually of surprise or indignation → 1847 Amer. dial.
► SUFFERING SNAKES! an exclamation, usually of surprise or indignation → 1927 Amer. dial.
► SWEET CHRIST! an exclamation of surprise, vexation, or indignation → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► SWEET JESUS! an exclamation of surprise, vexation, or indignation → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► YE GODS! a mild oath, esp. used to express exasperation or indignation → 1807
NOUNS
► AFFRONTMENT an insulting someone; also, the feeling resulting from this; indignation at having been insulted or offended → a1765
► DANDER temper, anger, indignation → M19 colloq., orig. US
► DUDGEON indignation, resentment → 1573
► FULMINANCY fierce indignation → 1858 obs.
► FULMINATION an outburst of indignation, vehement protest → 1502
► JEALOUSY zeal or vehemence of feeling against some person or thing; anger, wrath, indignation → c1400 obs.
VERBS
► BE UP IN THE GARRET to be very indignant → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BRUSTLE UP to act indignantly or offended → 1904 Amer. dial.
► DESPITE to be filled with indignation at seeing another doing anything improper, or esteemed such → 19C Sc.
► DUDGEON to offend; to make indignant or resentful → 1906
► HACKLE to look angry or indignant; to grumble, to dispute → 1905 Eng dial. (Bk.)
► PUT ON THE ARSE BIT to indignantly tell someone what you think of him or her → 1975 Aust. sl.