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
Her endurance of daily frustrations and indignities may depend on deep camouflage.
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A.o. Scott, New York Times, 13 June 2025
That train station trauma was the first of countless indignities, and worse, that Mr. Lev and his family experienced as they were swept into the gathering storm of the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish people, which Israel marked Thursday, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
Brought on as a substitute in the 71st minute of Everton’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United in December 2019, Kean, then just 19, endured football’s ultimate indignity as he was hauled off just 18 minutes later by interim manager Duncan Ferguson.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Despite all the indignities to which it’s been subjected, the show closes with its most unsparing season yet, an indictment of societies where money trumps humanity that roots out all forms of complicity—especially our own.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025
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A.o. Scott, New York Times, 13 June 2025
That train station trauma was the first of countless indignities, and worse, that Mr. Lev and his family experienced as they were swept into the gathering storm of the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish people, which Israel marked Thursday, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
Brought on as a substitute in the 71st minute of Everton’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United in December 2019, Kean, then just 19, endured football’s ultimate indignity as he was hauled off just 18 minutes later by interim manager Duncan Ferguson.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Despite all the indignities to which it’s been subjected, the show closes with its most unsparing season yet, an indictment of societies where money trumps humanity that roots out all forms of complicity—especially our own.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indignity
Noun
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And the gratuitous insults—to NATO allies, the European Union, the BRICs, the United Nations, or the World Health Organization—continue to flow from the president.—
MARGARET MACMILLAN,
Foreign Affairs,
21 July 2025
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The Steals and Deals segment on the WFTV newscasts are annoying and an insult to the viewers!—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 July 2025
Noun
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According to the post, even after raising concerns, the neighbors doubled down on their behavior, allegedly responding with sarcasm rather than solutions.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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Her sarcasm is hilarious to me but also sobering, underscoring the individual lives that will now be upended.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
27 June 2025
Noun
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After a two-year spike during the pandemic and national outrage over police accountability, Chicago began to see a decline in homicides in 2022.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Punishing criminals is an outrage among the progressive set, who work diligently to reframe a prison sentence as little more than a change of address.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
13 July 2025
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“Indignity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indignity. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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