INDIGNITY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

indignity

noun

in-ˈdig-nə-tē

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 The delay seemed to Silva like one more indignity in a terrible series of events that began with her husband’s death in 2024. —

Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026 Streep’s second go-round, by contrast, unfolds as a series of micro-indignities—a plunge from her Olympian perch, one stumble at a time. —

Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026 Communities endured the triple indignity of working on the statues and being both redressed and oppressed by those statues. —

Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026 America’s allies in Europe and Asia took the indignity of unilateral tariff increases with relatively little retaliation. —

Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for indignity

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Noun

When Azik tries to rid himself of the stigma, calling someone else weak as if to offload the physical weight of the insult, a startling act of violence occurs.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Sometimes, there’s no better way to pay tribute to a dear friend than by lambasting them with insults.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 May 2026