- pl. -·ties something that humiliates, insults, or injures the dignity or self-respect; affront
- the quality of being humiliating, insulting, etc.
Origin of indignity
Classical Latin indignitas, unworthiness, vileness: see in- and dignity
noun
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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noun
pl. in·dig·ni·ties- Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment.
- A source of offense, as to a person's pride or sense of dignity; an affront.
- Obsolete Lack of dignity or honor.
Origin of indignity
French indignité from Old French from Latin indignitās from indignus unworthy ; see indign .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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From Old French indignité, from Latin indignitas
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Sentence Examples
- 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.
- For the first three days, Carmen endured the indignity of his chagrin.
- His corpse, after suffering every indignity, was quartered by the public hangman, and burnt with dung by the Romanist soldiers.
- Still more recently the main alpine chain has been subjected to the further indignity of having railway lines carried over it or through it-the Brenner and the Pontebba lines being cases of the former, and the Col de Tenda, the Mont Cenis (though the tunnel is really 17 m.
- Determined to forestall the possible indignity of the The subordination of his family to an upstart dynasty.
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WORDS NEAR indignity IN THE DICTIONARY
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