as in insults
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 indignities
Her indignities are nothing compared with Nightingale’s.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Part of this has been realizing how humor is the only thing to carry all of us through the indignities of aging and caretaking.
—Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Mostly, Stanton’s sense of her own virtues made her bristle at all the great and petty indignities that characterized her place as a woman.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Our antiheroine deals with these indignities by developing an erotic obsession with the department’s new, also-married hire, Vladimir (Leo Woodall).
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
But the indignities have been enough to make many traditionally steadfast American partners talk in private about a permanent rupture in relations with Washington.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Williamson’s pugnacious lyrics are grounded in manual labor and local indignities, but Planet X’s malaise transcends any neighborhood or job site, toeing the line between angst and grievance.
—Pete Tosiello, Pitchfork, 27 Jan. 2026
After being delivered one too many indignities, Ziggy snaps and takes out his partner in a fit of rage.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
Accompanying these brutal game logs has been a parade of other indignities.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Part of this has been realizing how humor is the only thing to carry all of us through the indignities of aging and caretaking.
—Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Mostly, Stanton’s sense of her own virtues made her bristle at all the great and petty indignities that characterized her place as a woman.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Our antiheroine deals with these indignities by developing an erotic obsession with the department’s new, also-married hire, Vladimir (Leo Woodall).
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
But the indignities have been enough to make many traditionally steadfast American partners talk in private about a permanent rupture in relations with Washington.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Williamson’s pugnacious lyrics are grounded in manual labor and local indignities, but Planet X’s malaise transcends any neighborhood or job site, toeing the line between angst and grievance.
—Pete Tosiello, Pitchfork, 27 Jan. 2026
After being delivered one too many indignities, Ziggy snaps and takes out his partner in a fit of rage.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
Accompanying these brutal game logs has been a parade of other indignities.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indignities
Noun
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But Powell played a critical role at a vulnerable time for America’s central bank, steadfastly protecting its independence, enforcing accountability,brushing aside insults and continuing to work with the administration to avert crisis.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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But his uppercase blasts, chest-thumping rants and coarse insults are more likely now to draw a Gallic shrug.—
Serge Schmemann,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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More recently, Tandy Hills experienced issues with ATVs being driven through the park and damaging wildflowers, sparking outrages on social media from people who demanded the city take action.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
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As has always been the case in my life, my main way of responding to political outrages is through writing and reading.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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First seen at a night-club table of menacing lowlifes, Ida, whose mother tongue is Brooklynese, suddenly switches to a heavy British accent and dispenses a torrent of highly literary sarcasms.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Indignities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indignities. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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