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abject
/ˈæbˌd͡ʒɛkt/
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What does abject mean?
adjective
- Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
- Complete; downright; utter.
- Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
More meanings (6)
adjective
- Marginalized as deviant.
- (rare) Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
noun
- A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.
verb
- (archaic) To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.
- (archaic) To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.
- (archaic) Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæbˌd͡ʒɛkt/
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All that their most abject compliances could obtain from him was a toleration of the exercise of their laws.
However, tens of millions of villagers, particularly in the south, have not benefited from the green revolution and live in abject poverty.
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Disgrace not so your king, That he should be so abject, base, and poor, To choose for wealth and not for perfect love.
When Nimrod heard his tale, abject fear seized upon him, and he asked his counsellors and princes what to do with the lad.
As soon as a tribe has a recognised leader, disobedience becomes a crime, and even abject submission is looked at as a sacred virtue.