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indignity

/ɪnˈdɪɡ.nɪ.ti/

indignity noun: degradation, debasement or humiliation.

Noun

indignity (countable and uncountable, plural indignities)

  1. degradation, debasement or humiliation
    • public indignity
    • humiliating indignity
  2. an affront to one's dignity or pride

indignity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

indignity in Hindi

indignity, insult
ज़लालत zalālat

indignity in Tamil

அவமதிப்பு, இகழ்ச்சி

indignity in Urdu

بےعزتی, اہانت, ہتک, خواری, توہین, ذلت

indignity in Bengali

লাঞ্ছনা, অপমান, মর্যাদাহানি
More languagesFewer languages
indignity in Malayalam
അനാദരം, അവജ്ഞ, പരിഭവം, അമർഷം
indignity in Kannada
ಅಪಮಾನ, ಉಪೇಕ್ಷೆ, ಕಡೆಗಣಿಕೆ, ಹೀನೈಕೆ

Examples of indignity in a sentence

  • From adolescent traumas to adulthood indignities, their anomie has been overdetermined.
  • Not for them the indignities of life as a bungling beginner.
  • People will endure a lot of indignity to avoid being left behind without VC money when the great bifurcation takes place.

All 12 example sentences with indignity

Forms of indignity

pluralindignities

Plural of indignity: indignities

Origin of indignity

Borrowed from Latin indignitās, indignitātem. Equivalent to indign + -ity.

Questions about indignity

What does indignity mean?
Indignity means degradation, debasement or humiliation.
What is indignity in Hindi?
Indignity in Hindi is ज़लालत (zalālat). See Indignity meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is indignity?
Indignity is a noun.
How do you pronounce indignity?
Indignity is pronounced /ɪnˈdɪɡ.nɪ.ti/.
What is the plural of indignity?
The plural of indignity is indignities.

Words near indignity in the dictionary

  1. indignified
  2. indignifies
  3. indignify
  4. indignifying
  5. indignities
  6. indignity
  7. indignly
  8. indigo
  9. indigo bird
  10. indigo birds
  11. indigo blue

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: indignity (page history and authors); ज़लालत (Hindi) (page history and authors); indignity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indignity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Indignity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indignity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indignity (Kannada 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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