If you talk about theindignityof doing something, you mean that it makes you feel embarrassed or unimportant.
[formal]
Later, he suffered the indignity of having to flee angry protesters. [+ of]
What sort of indignities would he be forced to endure?
Synonyms: humiliation, abuse, outrage, injury More Synonyms of indignity
indignity in British English
(ɪnˈdɪɡnɪtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
1.
injury to one's self-esteem or dignity; humiliation
2. obsolete
disgrace or disgraceful character or conduct
indignity in American English
(ɪnˈdɪgnəti)
nounWord forms: pluralinˈdignities
1.
something that humiliates, insults, or injures the dignity or self-respect; affront
2. Obsolete
a.
unworthiness or disgrace
b.
indignation
Word origin
L indignitas, unworthiness, vileness: see in-2 & dignity
Examples of 'indignity' in a sentence
indignity
The governor suffered the indignity of being told by union reps what regime he would run.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Another two will suffer the indignity of missing out on the top four.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Get out there with your canes and string and spare their indignity.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The final indignity came when one descended on the altar during mass.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But lives can be saved and many others spared indignity and anxiety.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
My mother consequently suffered pain and indignity during her final days of illness.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She was the first direct member of the royal family to face the indignity of such a grilling.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Bold investment across the regions ought to be made to spare people the indignity and want that follow business closures and industrial decline.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This is surely the final indignity for MPs.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
So he doesn't have to face the indignity of growing a disgusting brown worm in his mouth.
The Sun (2012)
I fear my nose may suffer the same indignity.
The Sun (2014)
Nor did he suffer the indignity of losing his mind -- extreme old age left him withhis faculties intact.
Brian Thompson DEVASTATING EDEN: The Search for Utopia in America (2004)
Then came the final indignity.
The Sun (2006)
That indignity and humiliation was so great I could only go up.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Failure is the less than golden thread running through this compendium of songs from musicals that have suffered indignities on either side of the Atlantic.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The Switzerland defender endured the indignity of being removed at half-time for his own good.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Victims face decades of indignity and torment from which, they argue, only death can release them.
The Sun (2012)
The moms would endure that indignity, but it was just more than a father's pride could handle.
Christianity Today (2000)
The actor faced further indignity when his father apologised on his behalf, urging his son's legions of fans to forgive him.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But I endure other indignities because they boost what's already there.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
indignity
British English: indignity NOUN
If you talk about the indignity of doing something, you mean that it makes you feel embarrassed or unimportant.
Later, he suffered the indignity of having to flee angry protesters.
American English: indignity
Brazilian Portuguese: indignidade
Chinese: 侮辱
European Spanish: indignidad
French: affront
German: Demütigung
Italian: umiliazione
Japanese: 侮辱
Korean: 모욕
European Portuguese: indignidade
Latin American Spanish: indignidad
(noun)
Definition
embarrassing or humiliating treatment
He suffered the indignity of having to face angry protesters.
Synonyms
humiliation
He suffered the humiliation of bankruptcy.
abuse
A group of people started to heckle and shout abuse.
outrage
injury
She was awarded compensation for the injury to her feelings.
slight
a child weeping over an imagined slight
insult
Some of the officers shouted insults at prisoners on the roof.
snub
He took it as a snub.
reproach
The shootings were a reproach to all of us.
affront
She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.
disrespect
dishonour
opprobrium
His political opinions have attracted public opprobrium.
obloquy
contumely (literary)
slap in the face (informal)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of abuse
Definition
insulting comments
A group of people started to heckle and shout abuse.