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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

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • abjectly adverb
  • abjectness noun
  • abjectedness noun
  • unabject adjective
  • unabjectly adverb
  • unabjectness noun
  • ˈ𳦳ٱ adverb
  • ˈ𳦳پDz noun
  • ˈ𳦳ٲԱ noun
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51Թ 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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51Թ 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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Is it a story of how members of a family, protected by a social safety net from abject desperation, developed different ideas about how to relate to material circumstance?

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“Behind every policy that I implemented was my own impoverished and abject life, the everyday struggles of ordinary South Koreans,” he said in March 2022.

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Captain De Bruyne is set to depart this summer and started his last home game in City's 3-1 victory over Bournemouth, but the Premier League great bowed out in a somewhat abject manner.

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But following defeat by West Ham, Amorim himself indicated concern over how they would fare in Europe's top competition, given their abject form and the increased calibre of opposition.

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It was the first in a series of scary scenes for Brinkley, whose feelings for Joel vacillated between veneration, unconditional love and abject fear.

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