Indignity definition

ĭn-dĭgnĭ-tē
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Something that humiliates, insults, or injures the dignity or self-respect; affront.
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A source of offense, as to a person's pride or sense of dignity; an affront.
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(obsolete) Lack of dignity or honor.
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The quality of being humiliating, insulting, etc.
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The definition of indignity is treatment that is humiliating, insulting or hurtful to another.

An example of indignity is a wife telling her husband he's worthless.

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An affront to one's dignity or pride.
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Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment.
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Noun

Singular:
indignity
Plural:
indignities

Origin of indignity

  • French indignité from Old French from Latin indignitās from indignus unworthy indign

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French indignité, from Latin indignitas

    From Wiktionary

Indignity Sentence Examples

  • For the first three days, Carmen endured the indignity of his chagrin.

  • The officers on whom devolved the duty of representing the wrongs of their fellow-countrymen and demanding redress, proceeded to Rangoon, the governor of which place had been a chief actor in the outrages complained of; but so far were they from meeting with any signs of regret, that they were treated with indignity and contempt, and compelled to retire without accomplishing anything beyond blockading the ports.

  • His corpse, after suffering every indignity, was quartered by the public hangman, and burnt with dung by the Romanist soldiers.

  • I mean, everyone's suffered the indignity at some point in their life.

  • In many cases the accused persons, in order to avoid the indignity of a public trial, bought off their accusers, who found in this a fruitful source of revenue.

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