Indignity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment.
  • n. A source of offense, as to a person's pride or sense of dignity; an affront.
  • n. Obsolete Lack of dignity or honor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. degradation, debasement or humiliation
  • n. an affront to one's dignity or pride
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Unworthiness; shamefulness; base character or conduct.
  • n. Contemptuous conduct unjustly directed toward another; any action designed to lower the dignity of another; injury accompanied with insult.
  • n. Synonyms Insult, Indignity, etc. (see affront); contumely, slight, disrespect, dishonor.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    affront    insult   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    contumely    insult   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dignity   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hardship    humiliation    injustice    outrage    insult    atrocity    affront    disgrace    inconvenience    ignominy