- Today's Word
Indignation
in-dig-NAY-shun
Definition
- (Noun) Strong anger or annoyance at something perceived as unfair or unjust.
Example
Her indignation grew when she realized she was being paid less than her colleagues for the same work.
Fun Fact
Indignation isn’t just any kind of anger—it’s a moral response to perceived injustice. Many of history’s greatest movements, from civil rights to labor protests, have been fueled by collective indignation, proving that sometimes, outrage sparks change.
(verb) To outline or foreshadow something in a vague or partial way, hinting at what is to come without full disclosure.
The opening chapter adumbrated the novel’s central tragedy so subtly that most readers only recognized the foreshadowing on their second read.
Adumbrate derives from the Latin adumbrare, meaning “to sketch in shadow” or “to shade,” built from ad- (“toward”) and umbra (“shadow”). The same root umbra gives us umbrella, umbrage, and penumbra — all words carrying the sense of shadow and partial concealment. It entered English in the 16th century, originally used in painting to describe the technique of sketching a rough outline before committing to full detail, before expanding into its broader figurative sense of hinting at something without fully revealing it.