indignity

IPA: ɪndˈɪgnʌti

noun

  • degradation, debasement or humiliation
  • an affront to one's dignity or pride
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Examples of "indignity" in Sentences

  • To put upon her an indignity is an unpardonable offense.
  • I suppose because their indignity is a reminder of a still greater loss of dignity in myself.
  • The use of the word indignity to describe the racism of a colorblind age is a carefully chosen and measured one.
  • But the latest indignity is that she's completely excised any trace of Eddie Van Halen from Beat It, and for what.
  • Roman, and what indignity is done to him will be construed an offence against the majesty of the Roman people, as they loved to speak.
  • The final indignity is that, although other DjVu readers provide for text selection, The New Yorker has removed that feature from its DjVu reader.
  • He recalls the indignity of the examination by Dr. Crany: “His filthy fingers sprawling over my head for such a villaneous purpose: it is abominable” (2.4.696).
  • For Obama, the ultimate indignity is the Times/CBS News poll in September showing that only 8 percent of Americans know that he gave 95 percent of American taxpayers a tax cut.
  • On Wednesday, protests broke out in the central Italian city of Bologna, where hundreds of young Italians clashed with police over what they described as the "indignity" of financial institutions that they said had put the burden of Italy's debts on younger generations.

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