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
Forcing them to relieve themselves without privacy is one more indignity.
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Michael Perkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026
The women suffered the indignity of multiple interviews, intimate evidence gathering and skeptical lines of questioning from the police, among other things.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
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
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Michael Perkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026
The women suffered the indignity of multiple interviews, intimate evidence gathering and skeptical lines of questioning from the police, among other things.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indignity
Noun
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An unusual insult in Grease came to be thanks to a flub on an actor's part.—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
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And, to add insult to Cardinals’ fans’ injury, with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of that same game, Jordan Walker hit a ball nearly 100-mph into the gap in left-center.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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There’s a lot of sarcasm, and a lot of personalities.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
28 May 2026
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His willingness to deliver unvarnished opinions, often sprinkled with sarcasm or humor, has been refreshing for Gator Nation after four seasons of Billy Napier’s measured — at times droning — delivery.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
Noun
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The close proximity of the plant to homes and schools led to widespread outrage and now dozens of lawsuits after residents were displaced for days.—
Jason Henry,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Williams’ ruling could reignite a case that has roiled Washington, where the deal arranged between the president, Internal Revenue Service and Department of Justice has been met with bipartisan outrage and questions about how the president could sue and settle with his own administration.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2026
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“Indignity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indignity. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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