(a.) Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation.
Example Sentences:
(1) If the villagers fail to respect the social code, by not using her new name or by reminding her of her indignity, they have to perform a reparative ritual, at which a goat is sacrificed.
(2) "This unfair and unequal treatment means that children with disabilities – already so disadvantaged – suffer further indignities.
(3) Asked by the BBC whether he would apologise or comply with a demand from Miliband for him to resign, he said: "Well, if someone can explain anything that I said as factually incorrect of course I would consider it...People are slightly spinning and loading into what I said in a way to get false indignation."
(4) The ALA collects information on which books are objected to and reports on prominent recurring themes that tend to generate moral or ideological indignation.
(5) We accept on behalf of our client that public interest demands nothing but total indignation and condemnation from all media reporting but such reporting ought not to persist at the expense of undermining Mr Barklie’s right to a fair trial.” His lawyers said the Metropolitan police had confirmed ”that arrangements were in hand to take the investigation to the next stage”.
(6) Not since Novak Djokovic beat him 6-1, 6-0 in the semi-final of the 2007 Miami Masters – when Murray was injured – has the Scot had to suffer such indignity.
(7) However indignant Hollande may have been about a glossy celebrity magazine revealing the details of his affair with a French actress – and he said his indignation was "total" – whatever reflections and considerations were going through the presidential grey matter on Tuesday morning, the idea of sitting down and drafting his resignation was almost certainly not among them.
(8) The Duchess of Cambridge, due to give birth in the next couple of weeks, will not suffer the indignities of, say, Mary of Modena in 1688, forced to give birth in front of an audience of 200 and still accused of a bit of business with bedpan and changeling.
(9) Last year, in a continuing campaign to improve policing , he produced a book brimming with indignation.
(10) Imagine the dizzy swoon of indignation deprivation: what's upsetting is there's nothing to get upset about.
(11) And we are increasing the number of single rooms in the NHS to ensure no patient suffers this indignity when it is unjustified."
(12) But the State Department's indignation over the leaks of allegedly valuable secrets was, and remains, preposterous.
(13) 2.42am BST 6 mins Jamaica indignant as a corner is awarded when they thought they were getting a foul.
(14) The human pressure cooker could not contain his indignation at having to watch Channel 4 news reporter, Fatima Manji , cover the tragic attack in Nice.
(15) Righteous indignation was tweeted and retweeted, celebrities piled on the pressure, pundits sharpened their quills.
(16) I cried at the time, tears of sadness for her, guilt for me (I should be able to do more), and indignation and anger about the unfairness of it all.
(17) It was classic Loach territory: exploitation, the indignity of unemployment, the resilience and humour of working-class people.
(18) When Elinor and Marianne debate the importance of money in the company of Edward, Marianne reacts indignantly to Elinor's declaration that happiness has much to do with "wealth": "'Elinor, for shame!'
(19) It was found that in a somewhat cyclical succession, patient deviance was followed by the staff's spontaneous moral indignation.
(20) For the next five years at least that is an indignity he will not have to worry about.
Invidious
Definition:
(a.) Envious; malignant.
(a.) Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable.
(a.) Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions.
Example Sentences:
(1) Whether you view the self-employed as the silent victims of our invidious jobs market or emblems of a new spirit of entrepreneurialism spreading through society, what is beyond doubt is that the ranks of those working for themselves are swelling by the day.
(2) During the trial's closing arguments Donald's lawyer, Max Blecher, accused Shelly of an "unconscionable", "devious" and "invidious" scheme to strip him of the Clippers.
(3) Christine Blower of the National Union of Teachers said: "This is an invidious choice no head teacher or governor would want to make.
(4) The absence of a relationship between social class and political involvement for those individuals who confine their formal associational activity to age peers is explained by positing the existence of a generational community which insulates lower class older people from class related cross-pressures and invidious distinctions which depress political involvement in other contexts.
(5) People are placed in invidious situations, like Shtrum, cornered by Stalin.
(6) This puts schools in the invidious position of never being able to achieve what is demanded of them.
(7) If adopted, the bill will put British judges in the invidious position of adjudging certain civil claims under conditions in which one party will not be entitled to see the evidence on which the opposing party relies.
(8) This article examines the phenomenon of whistle-blowing and its antecedent dynamics, including invidious organizational tactics that are employed to silence patient advocates.
(9) "He knew that would be quite improper and invidious," said one source, but Brown made it clear he intended to become a transitional figure, and might be gone by the autumn.
(10) And that must mean leaving invidious comparisons like “Ulsterisation” to wither.
(11) So invidious are these IPPs, described as a "stain" on the criminal justice system by former justice secretary Ken Clarke, they were recently abolished.
(12) Eoin Mclennan-Murray, president of the PGA, described the sentences as a "blatant injustice", "as absolutely inhumane and unfair" and said: "Day in and day out, prison governors and their staff are placed in the invidious position of having to try and defend the indefensible."
(13) It would have been invidious to choose between them.
(14) Surely that puts the Booker judges in an invidious position.
(15) The debate can degenerate into an invidious competition over victimhood, over how many millions perished, over who suffered the most.
(16) The idea of [my ex-boyfriend] being the father of my child and having him in my life in the long term made me physically ill.” Lawyers for the mother and daughter will focus on the girl’s age and argue that “the blanket ban on abortion is particularly invidious when it comes to children who are unlikely to be able to access appropriate medical services without adult assistance.” The mother’s legal team is hoping to crowdfund the fees for the judicial review because she is not eligible for legal aid.
(17) "What an invidious situation to leave people in," he told Sky News.
(18) Andrew Jolley, a former school governor who has campaigned for greater transparency and funding for the free school meals policy, said: “Many schools now face an invidious choice: allow the education of their pupils to suffer, or comply with the new requirement to provide UIFSM.
(19) Shame is recognised by psychologists to be the most invidious social emotion.
(20) The job of delivering truthful opinions on somebody’s play, on this actor’s performance or that director’s production, is nearly always an invidious one.