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
Words Nearby abject
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How to use abject in a sentence
Those facts, Paul said, indicated that Chairman Mao was a tyrannical monster whose people lived “in abject slavery.”
The Secret to Rand Paul’s Foreign Policy: His Father | W. James Antle III | September 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe girls helped their mothers prepare a simple meal as the men smoked outside and reflected on their abject state.
ISIS Robs Christians Fleeing Its Edict in Mosul: Convert, Leave, or Die | Andrew Slater | July 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut in any narrative, if the protagonist is going to be at the center of a sea of abject joy and triumph, someone has to lose.
Featuring headache-inducing black-and-red graphics, the Virtual Boy was an abject failure.
The Game You Wear on Your Face: Virtual Reality Is Finally Here | Alec Kubas-Meyer | May 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNo, this brief delay must be a sign that the implementation of the Affordable Care Act is destined to result in abject failure.
A more abject, humiliated man than I stand at this hour in my own eyes never yet took his sins upon his soul.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodThe energetic, the daring, the high-spirited go, leaving the residue more abject and nerveless than ever.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyIn Scotland, even a beggar has none of those abject manners that denote his class elsewhere.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellMeanwhile a sullen and abject melancholy took possession of his soul.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayIn the latter part of his reign, however, the Emperor passed under the dominion of the most abject superstition.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow
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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