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ABJECT
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing humiliation or submissiveness
Example:
an abject apology
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Similar:
submissive (inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of the most contemptible kind
Example:
a scurvy trick
Synonyms:
abject; low; low-down; miserable; scummy; scurvy
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Similar:
contemptible (deserving of contempt or scorn)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Most unfortunate or miserable
Example:
abject poverty
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Adjectives
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unfortunate (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Showing utter resignation or hopelessness
Example:
abject surrender
Synonyms:
abject; unhopeful
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Adjectives
Similar:
hopeless (without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success)
Context examples:
Going in to exult over a fallen enemy and to praise a strong-minded sister for the banishment of an objectionable lover, it certainly was a shock to behold the aforesaid enemy serenely sitting on the sofa, with the strongminded sister enthroned upon his knee and wearing an expression of the most abject submission.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
