негодовать

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic негодовати (negodovati), from Proto-Slavic *negodovati (to be indignant), related to *godìti (to please).

Pronunciation

Verb

негодова́ть (negodovátʹimpf

  1. to be indignant, to rail
    • 1836, Александр Пушкин , “Глава V. Любовь”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:
      Я негодова́л на Саве́льича, не сомнева́ясь, что поеди́нок мой стал изве́стен роди́телям че́рез него́.
      Ja negodovál na Savélʹiča, ne somnevájasʹ, što pojedínok moj stal izvésten rodíteljam čérez nevó.
      I felt indignant towards Savelitch, never doubting that my parents had heard of my duel through him.

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