different between indignant vs raging

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?d???/

• Rhymes: -e?d???

Verb

raging

1. present participle of rage

Adjective

raging (comparative more raging, superlative most raging)

1. Volatile, very active or unpredictable.

2. (of a person) In a state of rage; in a state of extreme, often uncontrollable, anger.

Translations

Noun

raging (plural ragings)

1. A display of rage.
   • 1813, Patrick Brontë, The Rural Minstrel

     To quell the ragings of his Father's ire, / And save a guilty world from quenchless fire!

Anagrams

• Riggan, gringa