abject
utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched: abject poverty.
contemptible; despicable; base-spirited: an abject coward.
shamelessly servile; slavish.
Obsolete. cast aside.
Origin of abject
1Other words for abject
Opposites for abject
Other words from abject
- ab·ject·ly, adverb
- ab·ject·ness, ab·ject·ed·ness, noun
- un·ab·ject, adjective
- un·ab·ject·ly, adverb
- un·ab·ject·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with abject
- abject , object
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How to use abject in a sentence
“All it is public humiliation of these abjectly poor people, as well as criminalization,” Cowan says.
Private Prisons Rule With Little Oversight on America’s Border | Caitlin Dickson | June 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe critics were fulsome in their praise and the public was lavish with its plaudits, but I was abjectly miserable.
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaAnd Thyrsis, in great distress of soul, explained that he did not mean it that way—he apologized abjectly for his obstinacy.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairInvitations to the place even for a couple of days,—for twenty-four hours,—had been begged for abjectly.
The Prime Minister | Anthony TrollopeHe laid one fat hand upon the shoulder of the young poor priest who kneeled before him, abjectly.
Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan Meyer
Such sentiments as you have expressed, properly conveyed to them, would make yours abjectly half the bourgeois of France!
Mysterious Mr. Sabin | E. Phillips Oppenheim
British Dictionary definitions for abject
/ (ˈæbdʒɛkt) /
utterly wretched or hopeless
miserable; forlorn; dejected
indicating humiliation; submissive: an abject apology
contemptible; despicable; servile: an abject liar
Origin of abject
1Derived forms of abject
- abjection, noun
- abjectly, adverb
- abjectness, noun
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