as in insult
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 indignity
But to discover yourself outpaced by a reality that bears an uncanny resemblance to your own fiction seems to be a particularly painful indignity to bear, a kind of spiritual ransacking.
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Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
Accompanying these brutal game logs has been a parade of other indignities.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2025
James was initially charged with first-degree murder and indignity to a dead body and pleaded not guilty, per CBC News.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 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
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Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
Accompanying these brutal game logs has been a parade of other indignities.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2025
James was initially charged with first-degree murder and indignity to a dead body and pleaded not guilty, per CBC News.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 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
See All Example Sentences for indignity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indignity
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Those choosing the first option (agreement) will find that what follows is not respect, but mistreatment; those choosing the second (returning fire) are merely providing confirmation of what your hosts already believe — as well as fresh material for their next round of insults.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement Despite being appointed by Trump during his first term, Powell shares a contentious relationship with the President, who has often—and publicly—levied insults at him and called for his removal.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Zohran Mamdani’s genial grin would have seemed unsustainably mild in the angry eighties, when Koch’s sarcasm fenced with Giuliani’s snarl, occasionally relieved by Mario Cuomo’s solemnity.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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The video, narrated with dry sarcasm and visible exhaustion, quickly went viral.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Since this alliance took shape, dysfunction has grown, trust has eroded, and outrage has spread.—
Wanda James,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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When reactionary outrage media pounced on her comments, Kilmartin didn’t apologize.—
John Roy,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Indignity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indignity. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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