indignity.

An act or situation that treats someone without the respect their dignity deserves.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• suffer an indignity
• petty indignities

On the page

The account records the petty indignities of institutional life.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Singular indignity; plural indignities. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.