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abject::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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the most abject slaves joined in the revolt.
abject poverty.
abject::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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an abject apology.
Examples of abject
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The World Cup for England ended not with noble defeat but abject disintegration.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The weakness of their scrum was bad enough, but their handling was truly abject.
From the independent.co.uk
They cannot afford another half as abject as the one that gifted Fulham victory.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
The vast majority of people in China are still poor and most of them are abject.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's why abject timidity on the issue has been replaced by a grim determination.
From the sacbee.com
Some 16% of the mostly Islamic population of 224 million lives in abject poverty.
From the businessweek.com
Not quite out of the woods yet, as an abject second half to last season showed.
From the telegraph.co.uk
All I have seen is heroism in the face of abject misery, death and devastation.
From the newscientist.com
Blackburn's abject passing and failure to close Stoke down was mainly to blame.
From the express.co.uk
- 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"
- Most unfortunate or miserable; "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty"
- Showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender"
- Showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject apology"
- (abjectly) in a hopeless resigned manner; "she shrugged her shoulders abjectly"
- The term Abjection literally means "the state of being cast off." In usage it has connotations of degradation, baseness and meanness of spirit.
- A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; (obsolete) To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase; Sunk to a low condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts; Cast down; ...
- (abjectly) With great shame, desperately; in an abject fashion
- (abjectness) The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility
