"feigned indignation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when someone is displaying anger or outrage that is not genuine, that is, when their outrage is faked or pretended. For example, "He put on a show of feigned indignation at her accusations."
Milanovic feigned indignation.
In a meeting between the pair and an HBOS banker, Paul Stirrat, Kallakis "feigned indignation" and became "aggressive", Temple said: "Kallakis was possessed of a forceful personality, and his blandishments had the desired effect.
Again and again, Mr. Fiske sought to undermine her by eliciting that in the past she had denied wrongdoing, and even feigned indignation, when questioned by government investigators, Sotheby's board, an outside company counsel and the press.
Nigel Pearson feigned indignation at being linked to and asked about the vacant Leicester job, then promptly traded the KC Stadium for the Kung Pao Bowl or whatever Leicester's home is called.
Question 7 - Verdict: Feigned indignation is a dangerous hand to play, because it can backfire, but Farage probably got away with it towards the end of that.
"So much for the prime minister's feigned indignation over Labor's modest proposals to reduce super tax concessions for high-income earners, as the data shows that Tony Abbott will slug Australian motorists an additional $23bn over the next 10 years as part of his petrol tax hike".
"Not unless you give me three bucks," the passenger said, feigning indignation.
"I was strung up so the politicians could feign indignation and pretend my men hadn't done exactly what they had paid us handsomely to do," he wrote.
When Matthew Dellavedova crashes into opponents' knees, leaves a hand or a leg in a little too long as he's trailing on the edge of a scuffle below the basket, then feigns indignation and plays the innocent, wide-eyed victim at the retaliation that inevitably results, he's not playing dirty.
The discredited actor Abbas al Nouri was also present, along with numerous other sycophants, and while there were many contrived statements feigning indignation and sadness at the blood of the martyrs, and even more contrived statements about the importance of connecting with "the youth", barely a mention was made of the real problem.
Recoil, feigned outrage – secret fascination?
