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she spends her money.<br />

indigenous<br />

adj. 1 native, local, autochthonous, endemic, natural,<br />

aboriginal, original: The indigenous inhabitants were displaced<br />

by marauding tribes. 2 innate, inborn, inbred, inherent: It is<br />

often difficult to distinguish between man's indigenous and his<br />

acquired characteristics.<br />

indigent adj. needy, poor, destitute, poverty-stricken, in want,<br />

penniless, impoverished, penurious, impecunious, necessitous,<br />

Colloq (dead or flat) broke, stony-broke, hard up, short, on<br />

one's uppers, Brit skint, US strapped: The two brothers made<br />

certain that their indigent parents were well looked after.<br />

indigestion<br />

n. dyspepsia, upset stomach, stomach distress; stomach-ache,<br />

gastralgia: A bit of bicarbonate of soda cured my indigestion<br />

at once.<br />

indignant adj. provoked, exasperated, disgruntled, piqued, irked,<br />

irritated, annoyed, vexed, angry, furious, irate, angered,<br />

enraged, incensed, wrathful, in high dudgeon, in a temper, in a<br />

rage, in a pet, Literary wroth, Colloq peeved, riled, in a huff,<br />

huffy, miffed, mad, livid, sore, US teed off, Slang pissed off:<br />

Peter was quite indignant to learn that the publisher had lost<br />

his manuscript.<br />

indignation<br />

n. anger, fury, rage, wrath, exasperation, irritation,<br />

annoyance, vexation, resentment, Literary ire, choler: She was<br />

filled with righteous indignation at the treatment she received.<br />

indignity n. insult, affront, outrage, injury, offence, humiliation,<br />

disrespect, slight, dishonour, snub, obloquy, contumely, scorn,<br />

reproach, abuse, discourtesy, aspersion, Colloq slap (in the<br />

face): The duchess had to suffer the indignity of arrest for<br />

shoplifting.<br />

indirect adj. 1 roundabout, circuitous, circumambient, devious,<br />

tortuous, zigzag, winding, rambling, roving, wandering, erratic,<br />

meandering, ambagious, crooked, oblique, twisted, twisting;<br />

circumlocutory, periphrastic: In an indirect way she told me

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