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indign

/ɪnˈdʌɪn/

indign adjective: unworthy, undeserving.

Adjective

indign (comparative more indign, superlative most indign)

  1. (archaic) Unworthy, undeserving.
    • even th'Almightie selfe she did maligne, / Because to man so mercifull he was, / And unto all his creatures so benigne, / Sith she her selfe was of his grace indigne […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) disgraceful
  3. (obsolete) unbecoming

indign meaning in Tamil

indign in Tamil

மரியாதையற்ற, மானக்கேடான

Forms of indign

comparativemore indign
superlativemost indign

Origin of indign

Borrowed from Middle French indigne, from Latin indignus, from in- (“un-”) + dignus (“worthy, dignified”).

Questions about indign

What does indign mean?
Indign means unworthy, undeserving.
What is indign in Tamil?
Indign in Tamil is மரியாதையற்ற, மானக்கேடான. See Indign meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is indign?
Indign is an adjective.
How do you pronounce indign?
Indign is pronounced /ɪnˈdʌɪn/ (UK).

Words near indign in the dictionary

  1. indigitates
  2. indigitating
  3. indigitation
  4. indigitations
  5. indiglucin
  6. indign
  7. indignance
  8. indignancies
  9. indignancy
  10. indignant
  11. indignantly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: indign (page history and authors); indign (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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