English-Thai Dictionary

indignity

N การ เสียเกียรติ  การ เสียหน้า  ความอัปยศ  ความ น่า อดสู  humiliation dignity kan-sia-kiad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INDIGNITY

n.[L. indignitas.] Unmerited, contemptuous conduct towards another; any action towards another which manifests contempt for him; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult. Contemptuous words respecting one, or foul language in the presence of persons of character and delicacy, and indecent behavior, are indignities. Christ on the cross was treated with the foulest indignity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INDIGNITY

In *dig "ni *ty, n.; pl. Indignities. Etym: [L. indignitas: cf. F.indignité. See Indign. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

indignity

in dig ni ty |inˈdignitē ɪnˈdɪɡnədi | ▶noun ( pl. indignities ) treatment or circumstances that cause one to feel shame or to lose one's dignity: the indignity of needing financial help | he was subjected to all manner of indignities. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French indignité or Latin indignitas, from indignari ‘regard as unworthy. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

indignity

in |dig ¦nity |ɪnˈdɪgnɪti | ▶noun ( pl. indignities ) [ mass noun ] treatment or circumstances that cause one to feel shame or to lose one's dignity: the indignity of needing financial help | [ count noun ] : he was subjected to all manner of indignities. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French indignité or Latin indignitas, from indignari ‘regard as unworthy ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

indignity

indignity noun the indignity of being dumped by one's wife: shame, humiliation, loss of self-respect, loss of pride, loss of face, embarrassment, mortification, ignominy; disgrace, dishonor, stigma, discredit; affront, insult, abuse, mistreatment, injury, offense, injustice, slight, snub, discourtesy, disrespect; informal slap in the face, kick in the teeth.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

indignity

indignity noun Annie has suffered the indignity of being dumped by her husband: shame, humiliation, loss of self-respect, loss of pride, embarrassment, mortification, abasement, degradation; disgrace, dishonour, stigma, disrepute, discredit, opprobrium, scandal, infamy, ignobility, loss of face; affront, insult, abuse, mistreatment, injury, offence, injustice, outrage, slight, snub, contempt, disrespect, discourtesy; informal slap in the face, kick in the teeth; rare obloquy. ANTONYMS honour; glory.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

indignity

in dig ni ty /ɪndɪ́ɡnəti /名詞 複 -ties U 品位 [威厳 ]を傷つけること, 侮辱 ; 屈辱 ; C 侮辱的な言動 .