Anger indignation
Outraged
Strength 4 of 4
Shocked and burning at once when something seems gravely wrong or unjust, often a wrong that reaches far beyond you, with anger too big to keep quiet.
In the body
- A jolt through the whole body
- Trembling all over
- Mouth falling open, then hardening
- Voice rising sharply
Needs behind it
Softer and stronger
- Indignant
- Outraged
Often confused with
Appalled
Appalled recoils from something that seems deeply wrong; outraged rises up to fight it.
Furious
Furious is anger at full force, whatever its cause; outraged is anger at full force at something that seems gravely unjust.
Indignant
Indignant is anger on principle at something that seems unfair; outraged is that reaction scaled up by shock, at a wrong that feels far bigger than you.