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abject [ˈæbdʒɛkt] adj
1. utterly wretched or hopeless 2. miserable; forlorn; dejected 3. indicating humiliation; submissive an abject apology 4. contemptible; despicable; servile an abject liar [C14 (in the sense: rejected, cast out): from Latin abjectus thrown or cast away, from abjicere, from ab- away + jacere to throw] abjection n abjectly adv abjectness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
abject adjective 1. wretched, miserable, hopeless, dismal, outcast, pitiful, forlorn, deplorable, pitiable Both of them died in abject poverty. 2. servile, humble, craven, cringing, fawning, submissive, grovelling, subservient, slavish, mean, low, obsequious He sounded abject and eager to please. servile high, great, august, grand, distinguished, worthy, noble, elevated, eminent, dignified, lofty, exalted, patrician 3. despicable, base, degraded, worthless, vile, sordid, debased, reprehensible, contemptible, dishonourable, ignoble, detestable, scungy (Austral. & N.Z.) the kind of abject low-life that preys on children Translations abject [ˈæbdʒekt] ADJ 1. (= wretched) [condition] → deplorable; [state] → lamentable England's abject performance in the World Cup → la pésima actuación de Inglaterra en el Mundial abject adj abject [ˈæbdʒɛkt] (frm) adj (poverty) → abietto/a; (apology) → umiliante; (coward) → indegno/a, vile adj abject [ˈӕbdʒekt] miserable; wretched abject poverty. terneergedruk بَائِس، مُدْقَع низък ubohý ynkelig; ussel; elendig erbärmlich άθλιος abyecto armetu نکبت بار viheliäinen misérable עָלוּב, בָּזוּי बहुत ज्यादा bijedan nyomorult menyedihkan hörmungar-, eymdar- abietto, miserabile みじめな 비참한 varganas, apgailėtinas nožēlojams hina ellendig elendig, ynkelig podły, nikczemny degradado (vrednic) de plâns жалкий úbohý beden jadan eländig น่าสังเวช sefil, acınacak, aşağılık 淒慘的 жалюгідний; огидний نیچ ، خوار ، پستی میں ڈوبا ہوا khốn khổ 可怜的 adv abjectly terneergedrukagtig بِصُورَة بَائِسَة، بِصُورَة ذَلِيلَة окаяно bídně ynkeligt, usselt; elendigt erbärmlich άθλια, σιχαμερά abyectamente armetult با سرافکندگی kurjasti misérablement בְּאוֹפֶן מַשׁפִּיל बेहद bijedno nyomorultan menyedihkan aumlega, lítilmótlega in modo abietto/miserabile みじめに 비참하게 varganai, apgailėtinai nožēlojami kehinaan ellendig elendig, ynkelig podle desprezivelmente (în mod) abject униженно biedne, úboho bedno jadno eländigt, i elände อย่างน่าสังเวช sefilce 可憐地 огидно ذلت کے ساتھ ، نیچ پن سے một cách khốn khổ 可怜地 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But the words were hardly uttered, before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below. But all these things may be comprehended in three divisions, for there are three objects which a tyranny has in view; one of which is, that the citizens should be of poor abject dispositions; for such men never propose to conspire against any one. Agathocles, the Sicilian,[*] became King of Syracuse not only from a private but from a low and abject position. |
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