abject
[ ab-jekt, ab-jekt ]
/ ˈæb dʒɛkt, æbˈdʒɛkt /
adjective
utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched: abject poverty.
contemptible; despicable; base-spirited: an abject coward.
shamelessly servile; slavish.
Obsolete. cast aside.
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Origin of abject
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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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH abject
abject , object.Words nearby abject
abirritation, abirritative, Abishag, a bit, Abitibi, abject, abjection, abjective, abjunction, abjuration, abjure
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British Dictionary definitions for abject
abject
/ (ˈæbdʒɛkt) /
adjective
utterly wretched or hopeless
miserable; forlorn; dejected
indicating humiliation; submissivean abject apology
contemptible; despicable; servilean abject liar
Derived forms of abject
abjection, nounabjectly, adverbabjectness, nounWord Origin for abject
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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