indignity /in'dignsti: m'dignati/ n [U] rude or unworthy treatment causing shame or loss of respect; [C] (pl -ties) sth said or done that humiliates a person: 侮辱; 輕蔑; 侮辱的言行，： The hijackers subjected us to all sorts of indignities. . 劫捧者對(duì)我們施以各種侮辱。