abject
adjective
Origin of abject
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Related Words for abject
wretched, base, contemptible, degraded, dejected, deplorable, dishonorable, fawning, forlorn, groveling, hangdog, humiliated, low, miserable, outcast, servile, submissive, worthless, pitiableExamples from the Web for abject
Contemporary Examples of abject
Those facts, Paul said, indicated that Chairman Mao was a tyrannical monster whose people lived “in abject slavery.”
The girls helped their mothers prepare a simple meal as the men smoked outside and reflected on their abject state.
But 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.
No, this brief delay must be a sign that the implementation of the Affordable Care Act is destined to result in abject failure.
Historical Examples of abject
Since their meeting the young man had been her abject cavalier.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Better live, to write your own tale than be the abject one to another.
To all outward seeming, nerveless, emotionless, an abject creature.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
"Don't you say one word," she answered, with an air of abject confession.
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
It was a sad sight—that abject hopeless misery I saw this afternoon.
Ranald Bannerman's BoyhoodGeorge MacDonald