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indignity

🇬🇧 UK/in'digniti/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

Treatment or a situation that causes humiliation or loss of dignity; an insult to one's self-respect.

侮辱，有损尊严的待遇

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
innot, opposite of
+
dignroot
+
itystate, quality, condition
=indignity

Common Collocations

  • 1.grave indignity严重的侮辱
  • 2.suffer indignity遭受侮辱

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Being strip-searched was an indignity she would not forget.

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