as in insult
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
minor indignities such as intentionally mispronouncing a person's name
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Recent Examples of indignity
Annette’s casino job subjects her to many indignities.
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Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
At the end of the 1972-73 season an ailing Law suffered the undeserved indignity of learning from a television report that he had been allowed to leave Old Trafford on a free transfer.
—Sam Pilger, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
During that time, the car suffered the aesthetic indignity of a 2+2 variant, and, for U.S. cars, battering-ram bumpers more suited to a SWAT vehicle than Nissan’s original concept—thanks Department of Transportation (DOT).
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2025
Carter suffered the rare indignity of a powerful challenge from within his party mounted by Sen. Ted Kennedy and lost his reelection in a sweeping landslide to incoming President Ronald Reagan.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
At the end of the 1972-73 season an ailing Law suffered the undeserved indignity of learning from a television report that he had been allowed to leave Old Trafford on a free transfer.
—Sam Pilger, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
During that time, the car suffered the aesthetic indignity of a 2+2 variant, and, for U.S. cars, battering-ram bumpers more suited to a SWAT vehicle than Nissan’s original concept—thanks Department of Transportation (DOT).
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2025
Carter suffered the rare indignity of a powerful challenge from within his party mounted by Sen. Ted Kennedy and lost his reelection in a sweeping landslide to incoming President Ronald Reagan.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indignity
Noun
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During a 2026 World Cup qualifier against Brazil in November 2023, Messi and Rodrygo exchanged insults.—
Felipe Cardenas,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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The jury found that on Aug. 19, after Stanford revoked her access, Mangi logged into the study database and replaced patient medical data with erroneous information and insults about her former supervisor, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.—
Jason Green,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Existing on cable news, hosting a celebrity-free show devoted to hot-button issues and cracking jokes with a withering sarcasm where his competitors are sunny or loopy, Gutfeld is an unlikely king of late night.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2025
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And that’s another important distinction from House where the empathy on House was much more buried under layers and layers of sarcasm.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2025
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There are moments when the performers overplay the humor, suspense and moral outrage.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Democrats used the overnight session that ended early Friday morning as a platform for their outrage over what President Donald Trump has wrought during his first month in office and their warnings of what is still to come.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Indignity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indignity. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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