Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "indign" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INDIGN

From Old French indigne, from Latin indignus unworthy, from in-1 + dignus worthy.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF INDIGN

indign  [ɪnˈdaɪn] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDIGN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indign is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INDIGN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of indign in the English dictionary

The first definition of indign in the dictionary is undeserving; unworthy. Other definition of indign is unseemly; disgraceful. Indign is also not deserved.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDIGN


aerodyne
ˈɛərəʊˌdaɪn
Aldine
ˈɔːldaɪn
amidine
ˈæmɪdaɪn
anodyne
ˈænəˌdaɪn
autodyne
ˈɔːtəʊˌdaɪn
celandine
ˈsɛlənˌdaɪn
chlorodyne
ˈklɔːrəˌdaɪn
condign
kənˈdaɪn
cytidine
ˈsɪtɪˌdaɪn
dine
daɪn
dyne
daɪn
gyrodyne
ˈdʒaɪrəʊˌdaɪn
heterodyne
ˈhɛtərəʊˌdaɪn
homodyne
ˈhɒməˌdaɪn
incarnadine
ɪnˈkɑːnəˌdaɪn
interdine
ˌɪntəˈdaɪn
megadyne
ˈmɛɡəˌdaɪn
nundine
ˈnʌndaɪn
secundine
ˈsɛkənˌdaɪn
turdine
ˈtɜːdaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDIGN

indigent
indigently
indigest
indigested
indigestibility
indigestible
indigestibleness
indigestibly
indigestion
indigestive
indignance
indignant
indignantly
indignation
indignify
indignities
indignity
indignly
indigo
indigo bird

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDIGN

ad campaign
align
assign
benign
campaign
champaign
design
ensign
fashion design
foreign
graphic design
industrial design
interior design
pound sign
redesign
reign
resign
sign
sovereign
web design

Synonyms and antonyms of indign in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «indign» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF INDIGN

Find out the translation of indign to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of indign from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indign» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

indign
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indign
570 millions of speakers

English

indign
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

indign
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

indign
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

indign
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indign
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যোগ্যতাহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indign
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Marah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

indign
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

indign
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

indign
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indign
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

indign
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தகுதியற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आक्षेपार्ह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

indign
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indign
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

indign
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

indign
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indign
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

indign
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

indign
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

indign
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

indign
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indign

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDIGN»

The term «indign» is normally little used and occupies the 125.586 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Little used
41
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «indign» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of indign
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «indign».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDIGN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «indign» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «indign» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about indign

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDIGN»

Discover the use of indign in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indign and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Unworthy: Star Trek: Voyager
“The inhabitants of this system are most definitely the Indign,” Batiste said briskly, cutting to the chase. He then turned to Seven and asked, “Were the Borg aware of the Indign as we now know them, separate from the four species cataloged ...
Kirsten Beyer, 2012
2
Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines: Containing ...
In the hetter qnalities it amonats on an arernge to ahont 10 per eem. of the weight t whilst in the iaferinr qnalities, espeeially of Mndras indign, it often rises to hetween 20 and 40 per eent. The organie portinn of the indign, or that whieh is ...
Andrew Ure, Robert Hunt, 1999
3
Phædri fabulæ in usum scholarum selectæ. Fables selected ...
in-dlcor, dlcatus sum, dlcari. indigna-tus, ta, tum, part. perf. of indign(a)-or. indign- e, adv. [indign-us] 1. Unworthily, undesercedly. — 2. Indignantly, IWT Sup.: indign -isslme. in-dignor, dignatus sum, dignari, 1. v.dep. [in" not;" dignor, "to deem ...
Phaedrus, Charles Bradley, John Tahourdin White, 1867
4
The Wizard Knight Companion
47 indign indign the duke of northernmost Celidon, who owned Bluestone Castle (I, chap. 2, 25). The Osterling pirates killed him and razed the castle. His badge is the blue boar (26). At first he is the most likely candidate for the phantom knight ...
Michael Andre-Driussi, 2009
5
The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Measure for ...
And. all. indign. and. base. adversities. Make. head. against. my. estimation. 8 ! might have employed the past for the present : but the former objection appears to me fatal. Proper is here and in other places used for peculiar. In this play we ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Richard Farmer, 1821
6
The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare
And all indign and base adversities Make head against my estimation 8 ! might have employed the past for the present : but the former objection appears to me fatal. Proper is here and in other places used for peculiar. In this play we have ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, 1821
7
Dramatic works with explanatory notes. A new ed., to which ...
Iiidifll-rznrsy. I hope we have resorm'd that indisferently with us - Ibid. Indigefl. You are born to set a form upon that indigest, which he hath lest so shapeless and so rude - - - K. jabn. Indign. All indign and base adverfities make head againsi my ...
William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, 1790
8
The Civil Law in Its Natural Order: Together with the ...
C. de his quih. m indign. Seeing the causes which render persons unworthy of being Heirs, may regard either both thekinds of Succeffion, the Testamentary as well as that of Intestates, or only the Testamentary alone, it will be eas to ...
Jean Domat, 1722
9
Part II. of successions
The causes which may render the heir unworthy of the succession are indefi- ' V. I. 1. D. de jure fisci; — toto titulo D.et C.de his qua ut indign. k L. 9, C. de his quib. ut indign. 1 Toto titulo D. et Cod. de his qua ut indign. See the following articles, ...
Jean Domat, Luther Stearns Cushing, 1850
10
The London encyclopaedia: or, Universal dictionary of ...
INDIGN', adj. } Fr. indigne; Lat. in- Indic KANT, adj. idignu$, indignor. In- Indigna' tion, n. t. tdign, unworthy; unde- Indic'nity, u I. J serving; disgraceful: indignant, angry; raging with passion; a union of wrath and disdain : indignation, anger with  ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDIGN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indign is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Janey's Arcadia exhumes important history
... Zolf sheds light with a strait-laced lyric on the rough childcare conditions: “The sisters run an industrial school where 250 orphans and Indign ... «Straight.com, Apr 15»
2
Gaddafi spends last days in fear, humbleness
While it is almost certain that Gaddafi, an iron-handed ruler for about 42 years in the North African country, ended his life in a most indign way, ... «Xinhua, Oct 11»
3
Prohíben a los 'indignados' de Wall Street seguir en Zuccotti Park
Miembros del movimiento 'Occupy Wall Street' participan en una asamblea antes de recoger sus pertenencias. | AFP. La empresa propietaria ... «El Mundo.es, Oct 11»
4
From Syria: Do we have to hate Americans?
Your diatribe was repugnant America kill it indign... by Keith Hupp on Tuesday, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:00:03 AM. Barak, Arafat facing peace deal ... «OpEdNews, Jan 09»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Indign [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/indign>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z