0 something that causes a loss of respect for someone or for yourself:
They were subjected to various indignities and discomforts, including having to get dressed and undressed in public.
Clint suffered the indignity of being called "Puppy" in front of his girlfriend.
And, after all, it is a piece about indignity beyond words.
It was only then that the plight of these people affected by violent wars and forced into a life of indignity came into full view.
The 'can do' culture cannot lecture other forms of society about inefficiencies whilst it has such indignity at home.
Even if the crown lawyers decided against a trial, they could visit all manner of indignities upon their victim.
He vows that only a "sweeping and consummate vengeance for the indignity alone should satisfy him" (49).
A hospital career offered another alternative but one fraught with professional frustrations and indignities.
Clearly then, all classes saw catheterization as the least-favoured option, but patients also were unhappy about the indignity associated with the use of incontinence pads.
Invasive and futile treatment with multiple injections, tubes, catheters can add further indignity in the dying phase, when the elderly may only want to pass away peacefully.
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無禮,侮辱, 輕蔑, 侮辱性言行…
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无礼,侮辱, 轻蔑, 侮辱性言行…
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humillación, indignidad, indignidad [feminine]…
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hakaret, aşağılama, küçük düşürücü hareket…
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