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
After being delivered one too many indignities, Ziggy snaps and takes out his partner in a fit of rage.
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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
There were indignities and humiliations.
—Tatiana Schlossberg, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
Our nation, founded on the idea of opportunity and earned abundance, is increasingly defined by the daily indignities of scarcity.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
The Long Walk is unsparing in its depiction of violence, as well as the other indignities the boys face along the way.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Today, the Court needlessly subjects countless more to these exact same indignities.
—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
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
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
There were indignities and humiliations.
—Tatiana Schlossberg, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
Our nation, founded on the idea of opportunity and earned abundance, is increasingly defined by the daily indignities of scarcity.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
The Long Walk is unsparing in its depiction of violence, as well as the other indignities the boys face along the way.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Today, the Court needlessly subjects countless more to these exact same indignities.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indignities
Noun
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Thought of as the graffiti of its time, the inscriptions also included stories about daily life, sporting events, passions and insults, carved into a passageway that connected Pompeii's theater district to one of its main roads.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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That was the first conviction for racist insults in a football stadium in Spain.—
Nnamdi Onye,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Rideout’s trial, for example, teemed with outrages.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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Today’s designation is a critical step in holding accountable and changing the behavior of Nigerian officials who have facilitated and created an environment conducive to the outrages in Nigeria.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Indignities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indignities. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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