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
One last indignity for NY, who played its last couple games with sub Eric Forsythe.
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Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
But the indignities keep coming: News of a $6,000-a-month private dinner club opening has roiled residents, and massive spec houses are popping up all over the place.
—Stephanie Krikorian, Curbed, 23 June 2025
Her endurance of daily frustrations and indignities may depend on deep camouflage.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 13 June 2025
That train station trauma was the first of countless indignities, and worse, that Mr. Lev and his family experienced as they were swept into the gathering storm of the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish people, which Israel marked Thursday, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
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Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
But the indignities keep coming: News of a $6,000-a-month private dinner club opening has roiled residents, and massive spec houses are popping up all over the place.
—Stephanie Krikorian, Curbed, 23 June 2025
Her endurance of daily frustrations and indignities may depend on deep camouflage.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 13 June 2025
That train station trauma was the first of countless indignities, and worse, that Mr. Lev and his family experienced as they were swept into the gathering storm of the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish people, which Israel marked Thursday, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indignity
Noun
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And the gratuitous insults—to NATO allies, the European Union, the BRICs, the United Nations, or the World Health Organization—continue to flow from the president.—
MARGARET MACMILLAN,
Foreign Affairs,
21 July 2025
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The Steals and Deals segment on the WFTV newscasts are annoying and an insult to the viewers!—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 July 2025
Noun
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Someone constantly uses sarcasm to undermine suggestions without offering alternatives.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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A lot of the sarcasm in their comments and critiques of things were hysterical to me and Jeff.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
23 June 2025
Noun
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After a two-year spike during the pandemic and national outrage over police accountability, Chicago began to see a decline in homicides in 2022.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Punishing criminals is an outrage among the progressive set, who work diligently to reframe a prison sentence as little more than a change of address.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
13 July 2025
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“Indignity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indignity. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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