abjectness

ab·ject  (bjkt, b-jkt)

adj.

1. Brought low in condition or status. See Synonyms at mean².

2. Being of the most contemptible kind: abject cowardice.

3. Being of the most miserable kind; wretched: abject poverty.

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[Middle English, outcast, from Latin abiectus, past participle of abicere, to cast away : ab-, from; see ab-¹ + iacere, to throw; see y- in Indo-European roots.]

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abjectly adv.

ab·jectness, ab·jection n.

Translations

abjectness [ˈæbdʒektnɪs] N

1. (= wretchedness) [of conditions] → lo miserable; [of position] → lo indigno
the abjectness of the conditions in which they live → lo miserable de las condiciones en que viven
we were shocked at the abjectness of their performance → nos dejo horrorizados lo mal que lo hicieron

2. (= grovelling quality) the abjectness of his apology → el tono sumiso y arrepentido de su disculpa

abjectness

n

(= wretchedness) → Erbärmlichkeit f

(= servility) (of apology) → Demut f; (of person, gesture also) → Unterwürfigkeit f