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
Today, the Court needlessly subjects countless more to these exact same indignities.
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Dan Gooding
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
In some states, the oppression and the indignities around reproductive health extends beyond menstruation to birth.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
But Souleymane’s difficulties go beyond the usual indignities of scant pay and exhausting hours.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
That is a nasty process which involves digging up Ambar’s still-fresh corpse, then subjecting it to various grisly indignities night after night as retribution gets visited upon our heroine’s persecutors.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Then Paxton was socked with a bombshell divorce filing by the wife who had endured many public indignities to only turn around and leave him just as the campaign was heating up.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 1 Aug. 2025
Still, maybe the line can work as an affirmation — a mantra to help Alex make it through the indignities of dishing up breakfast.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
The book is filled with similar anecdotes that capture the peculiar indignities of those catering to the whims of the most powerful people in the world.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
Both win, so much so as to overcome scandals and investigations, public dignities and indignities, personal sensitivities and insensitivities, and survive no matter what.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Dan Gooding
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
In some states, the oppression and the indignities around reproductive health extends beyond menstruation to birth.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
But Souleymane’s difficulties go beyond the usual indignities of scant pay and exhausting hours.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
That is a nasty process which involves digging up Ambar’s still-fresh corpse, then subjecting it to various grisly indignities night after night as retribution gets visited upon our heroine’s persecutors.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Then Paxton was socked with a bombshell divorce filing by the wife who had endured many public indignities to only turn around and leave him just as the campaign was heating up.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 1 Aug. 2025
Still, maybe the line can work as an affirmation — a mantra to help Alex make it through the indignities of dishing up breakfast.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
The book is filled with similar anecdotes that capture the peculiar indignities of those catering to the whims of the most powerful people in the world.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
Both win, so much so as to overcome scandals and investigations, public dignities and indignities, personal sensitivities and insensitivities, and survive no matter what.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indignities
Noun
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Egyptian influencers linked to intelligence fronts launched vicious personal attacks, including ethnic slurs, against the Saudi royal family and graphic insults targeting the crown prince.—
Khaled Hassan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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After a brief pause, the messages resumed months later and escalated to 40-50 a day, ranging from insults about Lauryn’s appearance to alarming threats against her relationship.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As a result of that and other outrages, in 2008 voters passed Proposition 11, the Voters FIRST Act.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Indignities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indignities. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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