indignant
in-DIG-nuntadjMeaning angry because something seems unfair
Memory hook in-DIG-NANT: “I did NOT!”. Ivy is blamed for the broken vase she never touched. “I did NOT!” she cries, angry at the unfairness. She is indignant.
Ivy was indignant when she was blamed for the vase the cat had broken.
In context The players were indignant, not because they lost, but because the referee had ignored three clear fouls against their goalie.
Similar outraged, offended, resentful, aggrieved
Opposite pleased, content, satisfied
From Latin indignari, “to consider unworthy, be angry at”: in- (not) + dignus (worthy).