indignity
Affront to dignity
An indignity is treatment or a situation that humiliates or degrades—an affront to one's dignity or self-respect.
The word implies being subjected to something beneath one's standing: She suffered the indignity of a public reprimand.
Indignities are often minor but accumulate: the small indignities of aging, the daily indignities of prison life.
Self-conscious unease
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- abasementState of being lowered
- degradationDecline in condition
- dishonorLoss of respect
disgrace · debasement · belittlement · subjugation · dehumanization · demeaning · discomfiture · chagrin
Deliberate public insult
- slightMinor or thin
- snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
- offenseViolation or umbrage
- slurInsulting group label
discourtesy · disrespect · insolence · rudeness · incivility · impertinence · irreverence · slap in the face
Intense hostile emotion
- furyIntense violent anger
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- backlashStrong negative reaction
scandal · injustice · violation · condemnation · disgust · grievance · uproar · righteous anger
Cruel or violent treatment
- maltreatmentCruel or harmful treatment
- ill-treatmentCruel or harmful handling
- violationBreaking of rules
- injusticeDenial of fair treatment
cruelty · exploitation · victimization · oppression · persecution · discrimination · marginalization · disregard
embarrassment
Self-conscious unease
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- abasementState of being lowered
- degradationDecline in condition
dishonor · disgrace · debasement · belittlement · subjugation · dehumanization · demeaning · discomfiture · chagrin · deflation
affront
Deliberate public insult
slur · discourtesy · disrespect · insolence · rudeness · incivility · impertinence · irreverence · slap in the face · dismissiveness
anger
Intense hostile emotion
- furyIntense violent anger
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
backlash · scandal · injustice · violation · condemnation · disgust · grievance · uproar · righteous anger · moral injury
abuse
Cruel or violent treatment
- maltreatmentCruel or harmful treatment
- ill-treatmentCruel or harmful handling
- violationBreaking of rules
injustice · cruelty · exploitation · victimization · oppression · persecution · discrimination · marginalization · disregard · neglect
- humiliationashamed, abasement, embarrassed, chagrin, mortified
- rudenessrude, discourtesy, impolite, rudeness, disrespect
- sufferingagony, anguish, misery, pain, torment
- oppressionoppression, tyranny, racism, repression, secret police
- submissionsubmission hold, submitting, surrendering, capitulation, yielding