indignity
27
6.8
- noun
- /ɪnˈdɪɡnɪti/
:
indignidad
- The indignity of having to beg for help shattered her pride and self-respect.
- suffer indignities
- such indignities
- small indignities
The women fought the process least, most being already keenly aware of what indignities and pain could attend the creation of life.
- The women fought the process least, most being already keenly aware of what indignities and pain could attend the creation of life.
- I, I guess it's more appropriate to say the role that indignity played in these conflicts was, you know, not being explored.
Examples
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As an Indian woman, how could you accept the indignity of prison?
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As his wife, she could surely live well without suffering the indignities required by certain men.
Fiction book (1994) -
And that just took me over the edge, the indignity, the indignity.
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Why am I again and again subject to the indignity of hands?
Fiction book (1999) -
I will not do him such an indignity.
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It's nothing compared to the indignity of her wasting away.
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Indeed, more than one-third of all British households "suffer the indignity" of not having a car.
Academic text (1990) -
But it is the smaller indignities that seem to weigh heaviest in her memory.
Academic text (2011) -
The women fought the process least, most being already keenly aware of what indignities and pain could attend the creation of life.
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I was wondering why I didn't pack this thing five years ago, six years ago, 10 years ago, instead of sticking around here and suffering every indignity and humiliation.
Synonyms
148
4.2
A feeling of shame and loss of respect for yourself after being made to look foolish
2
8.6
A strong feeling of shame or deep embarrassment
2
9.3
Shame and loss of respect felt by many people
1
8.9
A feeling of deep shame when people treat you as unimportant
Antonyms
How Humiliating
16
6.3
- Offensive
148
4.2
27
6.8
- Offensive
313
1.3
- US
344
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word indignity comes from the old parts in- 'not' and dignity, from a word meaning 'worthy' or 'worth'. So an indignity is something that makes you feel 'not worthy' or shamed.