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1. (adj.) abject
utterly hopeless or wretched:
abject poverty.
2. abject
contemptible; despicable:
an abject coward.
3. abject
servile; submissive; slavish.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L abjectus, ptp. of abicere, abjicere to hurl, throw down, debase =ab-ab-+-jicere, comb. form of jacere to throw)
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1. (adj) abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy
of the most contemptible kind
"abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"
2. (adj) abject
most unfortunate or miserable
"the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty"
3. (adj) abject, unhopeful
showing utter resignation or hopelessness
"abject surrender"
4. (adj) abject
showing humiliation or submissiveness
"an abject apology"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) abject
cast down; low-lying
2. (adj) abject
sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts
3. (adj) abject
to cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase
4. (noun) abject
a person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway
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Sense: miserable; wretched
abject poverty.
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 Afrikaans: terneergedruk |
 Arabic: بَائِس، مُدْقَع |
 Bulgarian: низък |
 Brazilian: miserável |
 Czech: ubohý |
 German: erbärmlich |
 Danish: ynkelig; ussel; elendig |
 Greek: άθλιος |
 Spanish: abyecto |
 Estonian: armetu |
 Farsi: نکبت بار |
 Finnish: viheliäinen |
 French: misérable |
 Hebrew: עָלוּב, בָּזוּי |
 Hindi: बहुत ज्यादा |
 Croatian: bijedan |
 Hungarian: nyomorult |
 Indonesian: menyedihkan |
 Icelandic: hörmungar-, eymdar- |
 Italian: abietto, miserabile |
 Japanese: みじめな |
 Korean: 비참한 |
 Lithuanian: varganas, apgailėtinas |
 Latvian: nožēlojams |
 Malay: hina |
 Dutch: ellendig |
 Norwegian: elendig, ynkelig |
 Polish: podły, nikczemny |
 Persian: بينوا، بيچاره |
 Pashto: خوار، بيچاره |
 Portuguese: degradado |
 Romanian: (vrednic) de plâns |
 Russian: жалкий |
 Slovak: úbohý |
 Slovenian: beden |
 Serbian: jadan |
 Swedish: eländig |
 Thai: น่าสังเวช |
 Turkish: sefil, acınacak, aşağılık |
 Taiwanese: 淒慘的 |
 Ukrainian: жалюгідний; огидний |
 Urdu: نیچ ، خوار ، پستی میں ڈوب |
 Vietnamese: khốn khổ |
 Chinese: 可怜的 |
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