Indignity
[ɪn'dɪgnɪtɪ] or [ɪn'dɪɡnəti]
Definition
(n.) Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Insult, affront, outrage, slight, disrespect, dishonor, contumely, obloquy, opprobrium, reproach, abuse.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Insult, rudeness, contemptuousness, opprobrium, disgrace, slight, reproach,ignominy, disrespect, outrage, affront
ANT:Deference, compliment, homage, respect
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Examples
- I made as good a fight of it against the indignity of taking my ease as I could. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The lioness was now back in the path where she could see the author of the indignity which had been placed upon her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It means, Miss Halcombe, that Lady Glyde is relieved from a gross indignity, and you from the repetition of an unpardonable insult. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Any further indignity shown the king he threatened to visit upon the Assembly and Paris with military execution. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is Issus' wish that you heap upon him every indignity and degradation of which you can conceive. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There is no indignity so abhorrent to their feelings! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- A man whom he had loaded with benefits and regarded with affection had subjected him to the foulest indignity. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Miss Bingley warmly resented the indignity he had received, in an expostulation with her brother for talking such nonsense. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It is an indignity to me to talk so--I won't bear it any longer! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Tut, tut, Mr. Philander, remonstrated Professor Porter; it is most unbeseeming in you to submit to such indignities. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The indignities of stupidity, and the disappointments of selfish passion, can excite little pity. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
Typist: Lucinda