noun
indignity
ihn-DIHG-nih-tee
noun
1
An act or situation that causes humiliation or a loss of dignity.
"Being searched at the airport felt like one more indignity after a long trip."
How to Use Indignity
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA humiliating experience or insult to your sense of self-respect.
Common mistake
Don't confuse with indignation, which is the feeling of anger, not the humiliating event itself.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
suffer the indignity of
endure indignities
Word Forms
indignities plural
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Etymology
From Latin indignitas, from indignus, "unworthy," from in- ("not") + dignus ("worthy").