as in insult
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 indignity
Sam later apologizes for all the indignities the Muppets have made the great artist suffer, but Nureyev won’t hear it.
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Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
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
What Alejo can do is blunt the effect of all these indignities and do the heavy lifting to make someone’s life a little easier.
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Megan Greenwell,
Bloomberg,
9 June 2026
Galitzine embraces the indignity.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for indignity
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
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?
—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
What Alejo can do is blunt the effect of all these indignities and do the heavy lifting to make someone’s life a little easier.
—
Megan Greenwell,
Bloomberg,
9 June 2026
Galitzine embraces the indignity.
—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for indignity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indignity
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According to Spell and members of his congregation, the man had a history of verbally harassing them with threats, insults and racial slurs.
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Michael Lind, the writer and New America co-founder, argues in Commonplace, the magazine of Oren Cass’s American Compass, that a decent wage and a safety net should be enough, and that handing workers a stake in capital insults the dignity of their labor.
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Bluth family at the show's center, while Howard narrated the action with plenty of sarcasm.
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Avoid using silence, sarcasm or strategic distance when direct language would resolve the issue faster.
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Hard fouls are routinely minimized, and meaningful discipline often arrives only after public outrage forces the league's hand.
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But his qualms weren’t about the level of destruction in Gaza or the high civilian toll, both of which drew global outrage.
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“Indignity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indignity. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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