憤(いきどお)る

いきどおる
godan verb
to be indignant, to be furious
1. to be indignant, to be furious, to be outraged
To feel intense anger or indignation, particularly in response to injustice, unfairness, or something morally wrong. Carries a sense of righteous anger rather than mere personal irritation.
不正(ふせい)に憤(いきどお)る。
To be indignant at injustice.
市民(しみん)たちは政府(せいふ)の対応(たいおう)に憤(いきどお)った。
The citizens were outraged by the government's response.
弱(よわ)い立場(たちば)の人(ひと)が犠牲(ぎせい)になる社会(しゃかい)の仕組(しく)みに、彼(かれ)は深(ふか)く憤(いきどお)っていた。
He was deeply indignant at the social system that victimized those in weaker positions.

憤(いきどお)る expresses strong anger with a moral or righteous quality.

TRANSITIVITY:

  • Type: 自動詞(じどうし) (intransitive)
  • Pattern: ～に憤(いきどお)る (to be indignant at ~)

CONJUGATION:

Godan verb (五段動詞(ごだんどうし)), る-ending.

  • Negative: 憤(いきどお)らない
  • Te-form: 憤(いきどお)って
  • Past: 憤(いきどお)った
  • Noun form: 憤(いきどお)り (indignation)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 不正(ふせい)に憤(いきどお)る: to be indignant at injustice
  • 憤(いきどお)りを覚(おぼ)える: to feel indignation
  • 憤(いきどお)りを抑(おさ)える: to suppress one's indignation

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 憤(いきどお)る: to be indignant (righteous anger, moral outrage)
  • 怒(おこ)る: to get angry (general anger)
  • 腹(はら)が立(た)つ: to be irritated, annoyed (personal frustration)
  • 激怒(げきど)する: to be enraged (extreme anger, formal)
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