righteous anger
Morally warranted outrage
Righteous anger is indignation that feels morally justified—anger in response to injustice, cruelty, or wrongdoing rather than personal slight.
The phrase implies the anger is deserved and perhaps even noble: Her righteous anger at the corruption was palpable.
It can also carry a hint of self-satisfaction, suggesting someone who enjoys feeling morally superior in their outrage.
- indignantAngered by unfairness
- outrageFierce moral indignation
- moral outrageAnger at wrongdoing
- furyIntense violent anger
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
moral · injustice · social justice · prophet · fire and brimstone · thundering · justified · seething · blood boiling · passionate · denounce · rebuke · crusade · zealous · smite · fervor · sermon · protest
- emotional rhetoricpathos, emotional appeal, appeals to emotion, loaded language, loaded words
- moral emotionsguilt, shame, remorse, moral guilt, conscience
- anger in classical literaturewrath, fury, rage, revenge, divine wrath
- backlashbacklash, blowback, outcry, outrage, pushback
- virtuesintegrity, honesty, justice, courage, fairness
- bitternessbitterness, resentment, rancor, acrimony, grudge
righteous angervindictiveness
Disposition toward retaliation
spite · pettiness · petulance · sour grapes · tantrum
righteous angerequanimity
Unshakable mental steadiness
forgiveness · tranquility · resignation · inner peace · meekness
righteous angerguilty conscience
Self-blame for wrongdoing
shame · remorse · contrition · self-reproach · willful blindness
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