different between indign vs indignant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French indigne, from Latin indignus, from in- (“un-”) + dignus (“worthy, dignified”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?d??n/

Adjective

indign (comparative more indign, superlative most indign)

1. (archaic) Unworthy, undeserving.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.1:

     even th'Almightie selfe she did maligne, / Because to man so mercifull he was, / And unto all his creatures so benigne, / Sith she her selfe was of his grace indigne […].

2. (obsolete) disgraceful
3. (obsolete) unbecoming

Related terms

• indignant
• indignation
• indignity
• dignity

Translations

Anagrams

• dining, niding

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indignans, present participle of indignari (“to consider as unworthy, be angry or displeased at”), from in- (“privative”) + dignari (“to consider as worthy”), from dignus (“worthy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d??.n?nt/
• Hyphenation: in?dig?nant

Adjective

indignant (comparative more indignant, superlative most indignant)

1. Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.

Synonyms

• angry, infuriated, mad, resentful

Related terms

• indign
• indignation
• indignity

Translations

Further reading

• indignant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• indignant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• indignant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Verb

indignant

1. present participle of indignar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.di.???/

Verb

indignant

1. present participle of indigner