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Synonyms for indignity

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-dig-ni-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdɪg nɪ ti

Top 10 synonyms for indignity
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Définition of indignity

Origin :
  • 1580s, "unworthiness," also "unworthy treatment; act intended to expose someone to contempt," from Latin indignitatem (nominative indignitas) "unworthiness, meanness, baseness," also "unworthy conduct, an outrage," noun of quality from indignus "unworthy" (see indignation). Related: Indignities.
  • noun embarrassment, humiliation
Example sentences :
  • He was trying hard not to cry, not from pain, but from the indignity he had suffered.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • I was subjected to the indignity of questioning by many men.
  • Extract from : « Priestess of the Flame » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
  • He was not afraid, but he did not relish the indignity that was proposed.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
  • I was angry at the time, at the indignity I was forced to endure.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Her voice hinted that this was an indignity which need not have been put upon her.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • Find her, and I'll submit to any indignity you can think of.
  • Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • It is too gross an indignity, my boy, and must not be borne.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. » by Various
  • He certainly did feel acutely the indignity that had been passed upon him.
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • She would never subject him to the discomfort and indignity of the baggage-car.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various
  • "An indignity they might well have spared us," said Helen, proudly.
  • Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

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