What does indignity mean?
Definitions for indignity
ɪnˈdɪg nɪ tiin·dig·ni·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
indignitynoun
an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem
Wiktionary
indignitynoun
degradation, debasement or humiliation
indignitynoun
an affront to one's dignity or pride
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Indignitynoun
Contumely; contemptuous injury; violation of right accompanied with insult.
Etymology: indignitas, from indignus, Latin; indignité, Fr.
Bishops and prelates could not but have bleeding hearts to behold a person of so great place and worth constrained to endure so foul indignities. Richard Hooker.
No emotion of passion transported me, by the indignity of his carriage, to say or do any thing unbeseeming myself. Charles I .
Man he made, and for him built
Magnificent this world, and earth his seat,
Him lord pronounc'd; and, O indignity!
Subjected to his service angel-wings,
And flaming ministers, to watch and tend
Their earthly charge. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ix.He does not see how that mighty passion for the church can well consist with those indignities and that contempt men bestow on the clergy. Jonathan Swift.
To more exalted glories born,
Thy mean indignities I scorn. William Pattison.
ChatGPT
indignity
Indignity is a treatment or circumstance that causes one to feel shame, humiliation, or a loss of dignity and respect. It can be an offensive or damaging act, remark, or situation that undermines someone's self-esteem or self-worth.
Webster Dictionary
Indignitynoun
any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult
Etymology: [L. indignitas: cf. F. indignit. See Indign.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of indignity in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of indignity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of indignity in a Sentence
We are tremendously relieved that the court recognized what we always knew : that our daughter was United States by birth, we are proud we taught our little girl to stand up for what's right even before she could crawl. No child should be denied her rights because her parents are LGBT, and no family should have to endure the indignity we did.
That's who all this should really be about, not about the propaganda and making it your own story, shooting him in the back and just the indignity of it all.
This decision is long overdue and helps correct a decades-long indignity.
The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.
Charlie was the first African-American to earn a PGA tour card – often facing indignity and injustice even as he faced the competition, though his best golf was already behind him, he proved that he belonged... blazing a trail for future generations of athletes in America.
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