indignities

plural of indignity

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Recent Examples of indignities One of the many indignities of aging is that none of us seem to be able to see without our glasses. — Tarajia Morrell, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026 Together, these indignities galvanized the local Black press. — Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026 Meanwhile, Amy’s parents, Birdie (Bailey) and Geoff (Jesson), navigate the indignities of getting older. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026 For many of the indignities up on the screen were true to life. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026 Horgan, whose Catastrophe charted the ups and downs of a relationship with painful, hilarious honesty, applies the same frankness to the minor indignities of midlife. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026 Ireland agonizingly captures the everyday indignities and legal roadblocks that survivors may encounter. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026 But delusional disorder is defined as something experienced for at least a month—not as a breaking-point response to indignities, to use Bilinkas’s language. — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 That decision turns a vast uprising into the story of one man whose loss forces him to confront the larger indignities of the world that remains. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indignities
Noun
  • Despite his notoriously fiery TV persona, the Gordon Ramsay meal kit doesn’t include any pre-packaged insults or threats to shut your kitchen down — just easy-to-follow recipe cards.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Gillies was surprised to learn in researching the docu that the programmers came up with a rating system for calculating the relative weight of insults.
    — Will Tizard, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • In the line of outrages, what about your colleague Ilhan Omar, who recently had her home searched by federal officers ahead of her reëlection?
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Look, of the outrages, these are like the least among them, as far as being upset with the administration, with the president.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • 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 7 Nov. 2026.

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