indignity
noun/ɪnˈdɪɡnəti/
/ɪnˈdɪɡnəti/
[uncountable, countable] (plural indignities)
- indignity (of something/of doing something) a situation that makes you feel embarrassed or ashamed because you are not treated with respect; an act that causes these feelings synonym humiliation
- The chairman suffered the indignity of being refused admission to the meeting.
- the daily indignities of imprisonment
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French indignité or Latin indignitas, from indignari ‘regard as unworthy’.Definitions on the go
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