indignity

UK: /ɪnˈdɪgnɪti/ US: /ɪnˈdɪgnɪti/ ,(in dig′ni tē)

Inflections of 'indignity' (n): npl: indignities

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•dig•ni•ty /ɪnˈdɪgnɪti/   n., pl. -ties. 

1. an injury to a person's dignity:
   [uncountable] the indignity of a strip search.
2. an example of such injury or insult:
   [countable] to suffer many indignities as a hostage.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•dig•ni•ty  (in dig′ni tē), n., pl. -ties. 

1. an injury to a person's dignity;
   slighting or contemptuous treatment;
   humiliating affront, insult, or injury.
2. [Obs.] disgrace or disgraceful action.

• Latin indignitās unworthiness, equivalent. to indign(us) indign + -itās -ity
• 1575–85

Synonyms

• 1. outrage. See insult. 

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indignity / ɪnˈdɪɡnɪtɪ/ noun ( -ties)

1. injury to one's self-esteem or dignity; humiliation