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Definition of indignity in English: indignitynounPlural indignities ɪnˈdɪɡnɪtiɪnˈdɪɡnədi mass nounTreatment or circumstances that cause one to feel shame or to lose one's dignity. 侮辱；耻辱 the indignity of needing financial help 需要金钱资助的耻辱。 count noun he was subjected to all manner of indignities 他遭受了各种侮辱。 Example sentencesExamples - He's still steaming with indignity at the whole thing, and of course, he's quite right to be upset.
- Each year 40,000 elderly people are forced to suffer this indignity.
- Millions were still suffering discrimination, stigma and indignity worldwide.
- Would you not agree that no person should be made to suffer this indignity?
- He then suffered the ultimate indignity, in losing - not to a Croatian qualifier - but a Brit.
- Foreign rule, with all of its humiliation and indignity, is still a living memory.
- Nowhere does she explain in a meaningful way that it is also a reaction to poverty, imperialism, and indignity.
- A man given to indignity is capable of committing any crime, however heinous it may be.
- Organised competitive sport is agony for many children: it can lead to humiliation and indignity.
- To add extra indignity to his humiliation he is suffering from a bout of hiccups that threatens to enter the Guinness Book of Records.
- The indignity of that day stayed with us the entire year, increasing our determination.
- The final indignity was to lose a home bonus point in the dying minutes as the descending darkness became both literal and metaphoric.
- I guess if he did have to suffer that indignity, Amnesty International would be up in arms.
- The indignity of youth is compounded hugely by being in the sticks.
- The main entrance door is defaced with graffiti, which should shock the parents of youngsters guilty of this profound indignity.
- And are we clear that we will not add to the burdens of another through punishment and indignity?
- We have already committed the ultimate indignity on them - we have taken their lives.
- That means additional bureaucracies, therefore additional cost and also additional indignity to the older person.
- I bought books I did not want to save them from this indignity.
- You have tons of information, but not one sense of feeling… not one sense of one's own sense of indignity.
Synonyms shame, humiliation, loss of self-respect, loss of pride, embarrassment, mortification, abasement, degradation disgrace, dishonour, stigma, disrepute, discredit, opprobrium, scandal, infamy, ignobility, loss of face affront, insult, abuse, mistreatment, injury, offence, injustice, outrage, slight, snub, contempt, disrespect, discourtesy informal slap in the face, kick in the teeth rare obloquy
OriginLate 16th century: from French indignité or Latin indignitas, from indignari 'regard as unworthy'. Definition of indignity in US English: indignitynounɪnˈdɪɡnədiinˈdiɡnədē Treatment or circumstances that cause one to feel shame or to lose one's dignity. 侮辱；耻辱 the indignity of needing financial help 需要金钱资助的耻辱。 he was subjected to all manner of indignities 他遭受了各种侮辱。 Example sentencesExamples - We have already committed the ultimate indignity on them - we have taken their lives.
- I guess if he did have to suffer that indignity, Amnesty International would be up in arms.
- That means additional bureaucracies, therefore additional cost and also additional indignity to the older person.
- A man given to indignity is capable of committing any crime, however heinous it may be.
- And are we clear that we will not add to the burdens of another through punishment and indignity?
- He then suffered the ultimate indignity, in losing - not to a Croatian qualifier - but a Brit.
- Foreign rule, with all of its humiliation and indignity, is still a living memory.
- The main entrance door is defaced with graffiti, which should shock the parents of youngsters guilty of this profound indignity.
- Nowhere does she explain in a meaningful way that it is also a reaction to poverty, imperialism, and indignity.
- Millions were still suffering discrimination, stigma and indignity worldwide.
- Would you not agree that no person should be made to suffer this indignity?
- He's still steaming with indignity at the whole thing, and of course, he's quite right to be upset.
- To add extra indignity to his humiliation he is suffering from a bout of hiccups that threatens to enter the Guinness Book of Records.
- You have tons of information, but not one sense of feeling… not one sense of one's own sense of indignity.
- I bought books I did not want to save them from this indignity.
- Organised competitive sport is agony for many children: it can lead to humiliation and indignity.
- The final indignity was to lose a home bonus point in the dying minutes as the descending darkness became both literal and metaphoric.
- Each year 40,000 elderly people are forced to suffer this indignity.
- The indignity of youth is compounded hugely by being in the sticks.
- The indignity of that day stayed with us the entire year, increasing our determination.
Synonyms shame, humiliation, loss of self-respect, loss of pride, embarrassment, mortification, abasement, degradation
OriginLate 16th century: from French indignité or Latin indignitas, from indignari ‘regard as unworthy’. |