请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 indignity
释义

indignityn.

/ɪnˈdɪɡnɪti/
Etymology: < Latin indignitāt-em, noun of quality < indignus unworthy, indign adj.; compare French indignité (15–16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).
1. The quality or condition of being unworthy; unworthiness. In plural, Unworthy qualities; undeserving traits. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [noun]
villainyc1386
simplessea1393
littlenessa1400
unnoblenessc1400
unnobilitya1425
unnobletya1425
ignoblenessc1450
ignobility?a1475
vileness1549
vilityc1550
haskardy?1578
dunghillry1581
indignity1589
beggarya1616
ignoblesse?1616
poorness1625
lowness1652
meanness1660
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undeserving > want of merit
unworthinessa1340
indignity1589
immerit1628
unworth1835
1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶iiii Let my vnschooled indignities, conuert themselues to your courtesie.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. iv. 123 In steade of indignitie, yee haue vnworthinesse: and for penetrate, we may say peerce.
1605 J. Sylvester in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. Corona Dedicatoria sig. A5v Accept my Zeale, and pardon mine indignitie.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 154 To suppose that God should fetch the commun rule of his giving or not giving grace, from man's dignitie or indignitie.
2. (a) The quality or condition of being unbecoming, dishonourable, or disgraceful; want or loss of dignity or honour. (b) Conduct involving shame or disgrace; a disgraceful act. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [noun] > quality of being degrading
indignity1596
degradingness1818
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > cause of disgrace > act
opprobry1534
dishonestya1542
indignity1596
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xi. sig. Y2v Fie on the pelfe, for which good name is sold, And honour with indignitie debased. View more context for this quotation
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. i. sig. Z7v To take defiaunce at a Ladies word (Quoth he) I hold it no indignity . View more context for this quotation
1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. D1v When he had ended his office, went againe to his olde labour without indignitie to his person, or derogating ought from his worthinesse.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 411 Foul effeminacy held me yok't Her Bond-slave; O, indignity, O blot To Honour and Religion! View more context for this quotation
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 9 A mind too proud to stoop to such indignities.
3. Unworthy treatment; contemptuous or insolent usage; injury accompanied with insult. With an and plural: A slight offered to a person; an act intended to expose a person to contempt; an insult or affront.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of treating with contempt
noughtingc1225
indignationa1513
lightly1576
indignity1584
avilementa1617
nihilification1678
slight1701
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of treating with contempt > an act of contempt
scornc1275
despite1297
contemption1467
contempt1502
lightly1576
indignity1584
slight1719
fuck you1943
shaft1959
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft v. vii. 104 They thinke it too great an indignitie for Christ to be made subject to sathans illusions.
1589 Voy. Sir F. Drake in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. sig. Mmm7 Their contempts and indignities offered to our countrey and Prince.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. ii. 37 The poore Monster's my subiect, and he shall not suffer indignity . View more context for this quotation
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 177 He pretended the Indignities offer'd him by the States were the cause of his departure.
1757 T. Smollett Reprisal ii. v You dare not treat me with indignity.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 356 That a human body should toss, unburied, unhonoured, on the waves, seemed to them the last indignity.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iii. xxiii. 113 The mere association of anything called ‘indignity’ with herself, roused a resentful alarm.
4. Anger excited by unworthy conduct or treatment; = indignation n. 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun]
wrathc900
disdain1297
indignationc1384
heavinessc1386
gall1390
offencea1393
mislikinga1400
despitec1400
rankling?a1425
jealousyc1475
grudge1477
engaigne1489
grutch1541
outrage1572
dudgeon1573
indignance1590
indignity1596
spleen1596
resentiment1606
dolour1609
resentment1613
endugine1638
stomachosity1656
ressentiment1658
resent1680
umbrage1724
resentfulness1735
niff1777
indignancy1790
saeva indignatio1796
hard feeling1803
grudgement1845
to have a chip on one's shoulder1856
affrontedness1878
spike1890
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vii. sig. G4v Her noble heart with sight thereof was fild With deepe disdaine, and great indignity . View more context for this quotation
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. iii. 55 God (as justly he might) took this their affront in high indignity.
1701 J. Swift Disc. Contests Nobles & Commons iii. 40 That Great Roman received the Notice with the utmost Indignity.
1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 105 My bosom glows with indignity at the remembrance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
<
n.1584
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/20 11:49:39