indignity

What it means

1. countableuncountabledegradation, debasement or humiliation

   public indignity

   3 more examples

   humiliating indignity

   He suffered the indignity of being ignored.

   The prisoners endured many indignities.

2. countableuncountablean affront to one's dignity or pride

In a sentence

public indignity

Where it comes from

1. Latinindignitās
2. Englishindignity

Borrowed from Latin indignitās, indignitātem. Equivalent to indign + -ity.