indignity

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  1. noun Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment.
  2. noun A source of offense, as to a person's pride or sense of dignity; an affront.
  3. noun Obsolete Lack of dignity or honor.

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  • This the madam regarded as a great indignity, and she hated my wife for it, and, at times, was ready to crush her, so great was her anger. —  Thirty Years a Slave
  • This deprivation of his original name he had ever regarded as an indignity, and having now gained his freedom he resumed his original name; and as there was no one by whom he could be addressed by it, he exultingly enjoyed the first-fruits of his freedom by calling himself aloud by his old name “William!” —  Three Years in Europe
  • One special indignity was attended by some amusing incidents. —  The Life of Thomas Lord Cochrane
  • Though he had been back ten days he had not suffered any personal indignity, and hinted that, were the Emperor to return, he would, of course, meet with even greater consideration. —  Sir Robert Hart
  • While the Queen-mother was still writhing under this new indignity, the unfortunate Leonora, who had been apprised of the murder of her husband, rushed into the apartment, and flinging herself at the feet of her royal foster-sister, implored her protection for herself and her young son; but sudden adversity had steeled the heart of Marie de Medicis, and sternly upbraiding her former favourite as the cause of her own overthrow, she refused to afford her any aid, and commanded her instantly to retire. —  The Life of Marie de Medicis
 

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hardship ·  humiliation ·  injustice ·  outrage ·  insult ·  atrocity ·  affront ·  disgrace ·  inconvenience ·  ignominy ·  suffer ·  oppression
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French indignité, from Old French, from Latin indignitās, from indignus, unworthy; see indign.

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  1. =F. indignité = Spanish indignidad = Portuguese indignidade = Italian indignità, indegnità, from Latin indignita(t-)s, unworthiness, unworthy behavior, from indignus, unworthy: see indign.
 

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