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Another word for indignity

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Noun

  1. An act that offends a person's sense of pride or dignity

      1. An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult:
      2. (Obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.
      3. An open or intentional insult; slight to one's dignity
      1. An insolent or arrogant remark or act.
      2. Rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance; insolence.
      3. Haughty and contemptuous rudeness; insulting and humiliating treatment or language
      1. (Archaic) Contempt; scorn
      2. A contemptuous act; insult; injury
      3. Spite; malice:
      1. An insulting act, remark, etc.; affront; indignity
      2. Something that causes injury, irritation, or trauma.
      3. (Med.) Damage or injury to tissues or organs of the body
      1. The condition of being offended, esp. of feeling hurt, resentful, or angry; umbrage
      2. The team in possession of the ball or puck, or those players whose primary duty is to attempt to score.
      3. (Sports) The means or tactics used in attempting to score.
      1. Great anger, indignation, etc. aroused by such an act or offense
      2. An extremely vicious or violent act
      3. Something that is grossly offensive to decency, morality, or good taste:
      1. A deliberate discourtesy; a snub:
      2. The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
      3. A slighting or being slighted by pointedly indifferent, disrespectful, or supercilious treatment
    Idioms:
    See also:

    attack

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Another word for indignity

Noun
      1. An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult:
      2. An open or intentional insult; slight to one's dignity
      3. (Obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.
      1. Great anger, indignation, etc. aroused by such an act or offense
      2. An act of extreme violence or viciousness:
      3. Something that is grossly offensive to decency, morality, or good taste:
      1. Scoring ability or potential.
      2. (Sports) The means or tactics used in attempting to score.
      3. The condition of being offended, esp. of feeling hurt, resentful, or angry; umbrage
      1. Physical harm or damage to a person, property, etc.
      2. Damage or harm done to or suffered by a person or thing:
      3. A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss:
    See also:

    insult

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Sentence Examples

  • The officers on whom devolved the duty of representing the wrongs of their fellow-countrymen and demanding redress, proceeded to Rangoon, the governor of which place had been a chief actor in the outrages complained of; but so far were they from meeting with any signs of regret, that they were treated with indignity and contempt, and compelled to retire without accomplishing anything beyond blockading the ports.

  • For the first three days, Carmen endured the indignity of his chagrin.

  • His corpse, after suffering every indignity, was quartered by the public hangman, and burnt with dung by the Romanist soldiers.

  • Notwithstanding the cruelty and indignity amid which it terminated, that life was not a failure.

  • But while she passed from body to body, and consequently suffered perpetual indignity, she had at the last been prostituted in a brothel; she was " the lost sheep."

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