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abject

[ ab-jekt, ab-jekt ]

adjective

  1. utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched:

    abject poverty.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. contemptible; despicable; base-spirited:

    an abject coward.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  3. shamelessly servile; slavish.
  4. Obsolete. cast aside.


abject

/ ˈæɛ /

adjective

  1. utterly wretched or hopeless
  2. miserable; forlorn; dejected
  3. indicating humiliation; submissive

    an abject apology

  4. contemptible; despicable; servile

    an abject liar

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𳦳ٱ, adverb
  • ˈ𳦳پDz, noun
  • ˈ𳦳ٲԱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·𳦳l adverb
  • ·𳦳n ·𳦳Ļ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·j𳦳 adjective
  • ܲ·j𳦳·ly adverb
  • ܲ·j𳦳·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of abject1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin abjectus thrown down (past participle of abicere, abjicere ), equivalent to ab- ab- + -jec- throw + -tus past participle suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of abject1

C14: (in the sense: rejected, cast out): from Latin abjectus thrown or cast away, from abjicere, from ab- away + jacere to throw
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"The judge told us what the charges were, and it was just gasps, abject horror. I'd never seen that level of violence before," Lee Thompson told BBC News NI.

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Yes, many immigrants, even those in the country legally, are now living in a state of abject terror.

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Things operate similarly over on Bravo, where the only things that can get you kicked off a “Housewives” show are acknowledging the farce of having cameras follow you around all day and abject racism.

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But most abject of all was the Democrats’ formal response to Trump’s speech, delivered by the new senator from Michigan, Elissa Slotkin.

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The next two years were abject disappointments, with the team getting upset in back-to-back NL Division Series eliminations.

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