憂ゆう憤ふん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

grief and anger; indignation

Literary noun and suru-verb expressing a mix of sorrow and resentment, often at injustice or social ills. Rare in everyday speech.

• 彼かれは社しゃ会かいの不ふ正せいに憂ゆう憤ふんしている。

  He is filled with grief and anger at society's injustices.

• その詩しには作さく者しゃの憂