Indignity

n.

1.

Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult. How might a prince of my great hopes forget So great indignities you laid upon me? - Shak. A person of so great place and worth constrained to endure so foul indignities. - Hooker.

Noun

1.

indignity - an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem

aspersion, atrocity, belittling, brickbat, comedown, contempt, contumely, cut, decrial, depreciation, derogation, despite, detraction, disapproval, discourtesy, discrediting, disgrace, dishonor, disparagement, disrespect, dump, enormity, faint praise, flout, flouting, gibe, grievance, humiliation, injury, injustice, jeer, jeering, knocking, lukewarm support, minimizing, mock, mockery, obloquy, offense, outrage, put-down, putting down, reproach, scoff, scorn, scurrility, slap, slight, slighting, snub, sour grapes, taunt, uncomplimentary remark, wrong

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