"Justifiable anger" means feeling anger or frustration that is reasonable and valid in a certain situation because of a perceived injustice or wrongdoing. It is an anger that can be understood and supported by others due to the circumstances.
Sentences with «justifiable anger»
When the reformers rebelled against prevailing worship practices, justifiable anger at contemporary abuses often led them to eliminate things of genuine value. (religion-online.org)
In the prophet's scheme, then, «bag ladies,» and the exploited masses they represent, are not just a functional warrant for justifiable anger and protest, but occasions for stern judgment on an acquisitive society whose greed knows no season of truce. (religion-online.org)
That night the news showed a woman from Staten Island crying out with justifiable anger that her family, her neighborhood had been abandoned. (si.com)