[ noun ] an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem <noun.act>
Indignity \In*dig"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Indignities}. [L. indignitas: cf. F. indignit['e]. See {Indign}.] 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.
Entitled 'Scenic America', its portrays the North American Indian reduced to the indignity of curiosity as he dances for the amusement of the white man.
'My job is to relieve the people of Northern Ireland of the indignity of having their local affairs governed for them by Westminster ministers.
"There is humiliation and indignity," said the Roman Catholic priest, who ministers in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood. "The worst problem is the people are innocent.
Suppliers suffer this indignity every week, in spite of increasingly sophisticated credit controls. To lose money when a customer overseas fails is even easier.
House Republicans suffered an additional indignity and stepped up their renewed infighting when their already small numbers were reduced further by last month's elections.
"I was outraged, but I was impotent," she says, adding that she decided to avoid the indignity of seeking a minimal payment and hasn't filed a claim.
One of Keenan's defences against the 'gross indignity' inflicted on him was to try and split his being to see things with distance.