Synonyms of indignities

indignities

noun

plural of indignity

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insults
• outrages
• sarcasms
• affronts
• slights
• epithets
• barbs
• offenses
• slurs
• attacks
• personalities
• names
• brickbats
• slaps
• disgraces
• darts
• digs
• taunts
• abuses
• girds
• pokes
• dises
• criticisms
• jeers
• cuts
• put-downs
• sneers
• gibes
• shames
• catcalls
• invectives
• vituperations
• tortures
• mocks
• disapprovals
• quips
• torments
• swipes
• dishonors
• knocks
• opprobriums
• slams

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• compliments
• commendations
• accolades
• praises
• acclaim
• flatteries
• applauses
• adulations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of indignities

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

Written by Ireland and directed by Maria Dizzia, Pre-Existing Condition explores the quiet challenges and everyday indignities that can accompany life after a relationship forever changes you. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026

Alas, by disguising themselves in earthling form, these superior beings must submit themselves to the worst indignities of the human condition — namely the frequent need to go to the bathroom and the constant nuisance of dealing with emotions. — Cortlyn Kelly, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026

Moreover, because the Sears catalog did not racially discriminate, economic historians credit the catalog as a major tool for Black consumers to side-step the indignities and discrimination of Jim Crow commerce. — Harold Pollack, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026