indignity

Meaning of indignity

noun
  1. treatment or circumstances that cause one to feel shame or to lose one's dignity.
    the indignity of needing financial help
    he was subjected to all manner of indignities

late 16th century: from French indignité or Latin indignitas, from indignari ‘regard as unworthy’.

Information about indignity

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of indignity is: indignities.
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Hyphenation of indignity

in-dig-nity

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • indignity is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

indignity synonyms

Meaning a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour:

shame

Meaning the action of humiliating someone or the state of being humiliated:

humiliation

Meaning a feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness:

embarrassment

Meaning great embarrassment and shame:

mortification

Meaning the action or fact of abasing or being abased; humiliation or degradation:

abasement

Meaning the condition or process of degrading or being degraded:

degradation

Meaning loss of reputation or respect as the result of a dishonourable action:

disgrace

Meaning a state of shame or disgrace:

dishonour

Meaning a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person:

stigma

Meaning the state of being held in low esteem by the public:

disrepute

Meaning loss or lack of reputation or respect:

discredit

Meaning harsh criticism or censure:

opprobrium

Meaning an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage:

scandal

Meaning the state of being well known for some bad quality or deed:

infamy

Meaning an action or remark that causes outrage or offence:

affront

Meaning a disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or act:

insult

Meaning the improper use of something:

abuse

Meaning the action of mistreating or fact of being mistreated; ill-treatment:

mistreatment

Meaning damage to a person's feelings:

injury

Meaning lack of fairness or justice:

injustice

Meaning an extremely strong reaction of anger, shock, or indignation:

outrage

Meaning an insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention:

slight

Meaning an act of rebuffing or ignoring someone or something:

snub

Meaning the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration:

contempt

Meaning lack of respect or courtesy:

disrespect

Meaning rude and inconsiderate behaviour:

discourtesy

Meaning strong public condemnation:

obloquy

indignity antonyms

Meaning high respect; great esteem:

honour

Meaning high renown or honour won by notable achievements:

glory

Words that rhyme with indignity

Christianity, Germanity, Italianity, Koreshanity, Manity, Romanity, Satanity, aldermanity, antichristianity, antihumanity, christianity, churchanity, churchianity, disensanity, germanity, gigmanity, humanity, immanity, inanity, inhumanity, inorganity, insanity, inurbanity, medianity, mundanity, neochristianity, nonprofanity, nonsanity, oceanity, omnihumanity, organity, overhumanity, paganity, planity, priestianity, profanity, reinsanity, sanity, satanity, semiprofanity, silvanity, simianity, subterranity, suburbanity, superhumanity, supersanity, suprahumanity, sylvanity, tuckermanity, unchristianity

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