indignity
Americannoun
plural
indignities-
an injury to a person's dignity; slighting or contemptuous treatment; humiliating affront, insult, or injury.
- Synonyms:
- outrage
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Obsolete. disgrace or disgraceful action.
noun
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injury to one's self-esteem or dignity; humiliation
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obsolete disgrace or disgraceful character or conduct
Related Words
See insult.
Etymology
Origin of indignity
First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin indignitās “unworthiness,” equivalent to indign(us) “undeserving, unworthy”( indign ) + -itās -ity
Example Sentences
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In once again going 3-0 down after three matches, they are left to battle against the indignity of a 5-0 clean sweep.
From BBC
Even a draw would ensure they do not suffer the indignity of a clean sweep – England have been beaten 5-0 on three previous Ashes tours.
From BBC
Yet I must suffer the annoyance—and the implied indignity.
They accept the indignities of age as they accept everything, with unblinking eyes and a saving humor.
Far from an indignity, I thought it lent a certain gravitas otherwise absent from my banal demeanor.
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