Dignity

Definition

dignity /'dÇgnǝti/ n ၁။ [U] ဣေႁႏၵ။ She kept her dignity despite the booing. ၂။ [U] ဂုဏ္။ ဂုဏ္သိကၡာ။ the dignity of labour ❍ Only a truly free person has human dignity. ၃။ [C] ( fml ) ဘြဲ႕ထူး။ ရာထူး။ The Queen conferred the dignity of a peerage on him. ❏ beneath one's dignity [ IDM ] ( often ironic ) ဂုဏ္ငယ္သည္။ Some husbands still think it beneath their dignity to do the shopping. ❏ stand on one's dignity [ IDM ] ဟိတ္ဟန္ႏွင့္ ေနသည္။ ဟိတ္ႀကီးဟန္ႀကီးလုပ္သည္။ She never stands on her dignity with those who work for her, but treats them as friends and colleagues.

Examples

1. She faced her death with great dignity.
2. [maintain/retain your dignity] : It can be difficult to maintain your dignity during a divorce.
3. [lose your dignity] : After the accident
4. I felt I’d lost my dignity.
5. The dignity of the occasion was broken by shouts from the gallery.