If you talk about the indignity of doing something, you mean that it makes you feel embarrassed or unimportant.
例句
Later, he suffered the indignity of having to flee angry protesters...后来,他不得不极不光彩地避开愤怒的抗议者溜走了。What sort of indignities would he be forced to endure?他会被迫忍受什么样的侮辱呢？
英汉词典释义
n.
侮辱, 轻蔑
The soldiers who were captured suffered many indignities at the hands of the enemy.被俘的士兵在敌人手中受尽侮辱。