INDIGNITY


Meaning of INDIGNITY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

final indignity/humiliation

The vote of no confidence was the final humiliation for a government that had been clinging to office.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

final

The final indignities suffered by our old church has been in the last few years.

For Annie, this was the final indignity .

She remembered half way down the rickety ladder stairs, but for would have been a final indignity .

And now comes the final indignity - excommunication from Cluedo.

■ VERB

suffer

She'd suffered enough traumas and indignities already, she thought grimly.

Also starring are Sarah Knowlton as Hal, a Yale grad suffering the indignities of life as a secretary.

I was glad to be Edward's colleague and friend rather than suffering the indignities he subtly laid on his patron.

After all, I had made him suffer an indignity .

Recently a Nomura executive suffered the indignity of being taken hostage by a client wielding a samurai sword.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Being accused of theft was just one of the indignities I suffered under my last employer.

He suffered insult and indignity in silence.

I had to endure the indignity of being strip-searched for drugs.

Many women have suffered the indignity of being sexually harassed.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Also starring are Sarah Knowlton as Hal, a Yale grad suffering the indignities of life as a secretary.

An indignity for the noble halibut and a waste of natural resources.

But this bird was spared that indignity .

For Annie, this was the final indignity .

Growing cities were governed for some local government purposes by the county magistrates: an indignity that the prosperous entrepreneurs resented.

She'd suffered enough traumas and indignities already, she thought grimly.

The rivals could only inflict saddle sores and ulcers, indignities and humiliations on each other as they disrupted families and towns.

The Ship lurched up the hillside, straining at the indignity of restraint.

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