as in insults
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
minor indignities such as intentionally mispronouncing a person's name
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Recent Examples of indignities
Where would a collapse in the Finals from coming home up 2-0 to ultimately squander the series rank in the pantheon of Knicks’ indignities?
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Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 11 June 2026
The video features Bloodwerk’s Ned Brower — formerly of Rooney, currently Nurse Jesse on The Pitt — suffering a litany of indignities at the hands of rowdy restaurant patrons.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
Freedom, for most people, meant a stable existence free of poverty and its indignities.
—Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
The next day, we are met with twin indignities, setting up for an après-ski party and the arrival of Sabrina in what might be her dumbest outfit yet.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Streep’s second go-round, by contrast, unfolds as a series of micro-indignities—a plunge from her Olympian perch, one stumble at a time.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
Her indignities are nothing compared with Nightingale’s.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Part of this has been realizing how humor is the only thing to carry all of us through the indignities of aging and caretaking.
—Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Our antiheroine deals with these indignities by developing an erotic obsession with the department’s new, also-married hire, Vladimir (Leo Woodall).
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 11 June 2026
The video features Bloodwerk’s Ned Brower — formerly of Rooney, currently Nurse Jesse on The Pitt — suffering a litany of indignities at the hands of rowdy restaurant patrons.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
Freedom, for most people, meant a stable existence free of poverty and its indignities.
—Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
The next day, we are met with twin indignities, setting up for an après-ski party and the arrival of Sabrina in what might be her dumbest outfit yet.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Streep’s second go-round, by contrast, unfolds as a series of micro-indignities—a plunge from her Olympian perch, one stumble at a time.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
Her indignities are nothing compared with Nightingale’s.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Part of this has been realizing how humor is the only thing to carry all of us through the indignities of aging and caretaking.
—Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Our antiheroine deals with these indignities by developing an erotic obsession with the department’s new, also-married hire, Vladimir (Leo Woodall).
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indignities
Noun
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The adversaries made for a striking scene, exchanging insults in mutually unintelligible languages in the dead of night.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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The president lobbed insults at the Fed chair and the two clashed over the budget for a multibillion-dollar renovation project at the Fed's Washington headquarters.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Noun
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More recently, Tandy Hills experienced issues with ATVs being driven through the park and damaging wildflowers, sparking outrages on social media from people who demanded the city take action.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
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As has always been the case in my life, my main way of responding to political outrages is through writing and reading.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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First seen at a night-club table of menacing lowlifes, Ida, whose mother tongue is Brooklynese, suddenly switches to a heavy British accent and dispenses a torrent of highly literary sarcasms.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Indignities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indignities. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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