indignity
an injury to a person's dignity; slighting or contemptuous treatment; humiliating affront, insult, or injury.
Obsolete. disgrace or disgraceful action.
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How to use indignity in a sentence
Poor and minority students faced other indignities as well, including unhygienic lunchrooms.
Universal school lunches have enormous potential — if the program’s flaws are fixed | A. R. Ruis | September 2, 2021 | Washington PostIt’s just one of many indignities visited upon poor Francie in “The Living Sea of Waking Dreams,” Australian writer Richard Flanagan’s latest novel.
In ‘The Living Sea of Waking Dreams,’ last-ditch medical interventions are their own horror story | Jake Cline | May 31, 2021 | Washington PostBoth times, he escaped conviction because his hold over the Republican Party remained so strong that lawmakers decided they had little choice but to spare him the indignity of an early removal.
Why a 9/11 Commission-Style Panel Isn’t Winning Backers — Yet | Philip Elliott | April 20, 2021 | TimeFor most of her career at Fresno State, Megan Walaitis didn’t think much of the little indignities that went along with being a women’s lacrosse player.
Colleges cut sports to save money amid the pandemic. Then came the Title IX lawsuits. | Molly Hensley-Clancy | March 25, 2021 | Washington PostThey narrowly avoided having their woes in their trying 2020 season amplified with that indignity.
The Patriots’ season isn’t fixed, but at least they avoided losing to the Jets | Mark Maske | November 10, 2020 | Washington Post
As a final indignity, Green alleges that he dropped two $100 bills on her end table and left.
Hand over the goodies or we could suffer some danger or indignity.
It doesn't make you a better person because you endured the indignity and trauma of it.
On Her Own Terms: Why Brittany Maynard Has Chosen to Die | Gene Robinson | October 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAmerica may be able to survive that collective indignity, but the First Amendment is not.
Bass once suffered the indignity of being the third hottest member of 'N Sync, widely considered to be less hot than JC Chasez.
The Ice Bucket Challenge: Celebrities Promote ALS Awareness, Washboard Abs | Amy Zimmerman | August 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis rascal was owed a debt for the indignity he had offered the sahib in the village, and now he was paid in full.
The Red Year | Louis TracyEven her father's well-known madness for things of art could scarcely atone to his child for this indignity.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaResigned beforehand to all sorts of jests and humiliations, she had not foreseen such an excess of indignity.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueDr Westcott is not the only English Mason who has suffered the undeserved indignity of gross aspersion from this unclean pen.
Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward WaiteThey at once took him into custody, and brought him back, but without any violence or indignity, to the patriarch.
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John Foxe
British Dictionary definitions for indignity
/ (ɪnˈdɪɡnɪtɪ) /
injury to one's self-esteem or dignity; humiliation
obsolete disgrace or disgraceful character or conduct
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