EGAVE

abject

About 1.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. adjective Complete; downright; utter.
    abject failure abject nonsense abject terror
  3. adjective Complete; downright; utter.
    abject failure abject nonsense abject terror
  4. adjective Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
  5. adjective Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
  6. adjective Marginalized as deviant.
  7. noun A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.
  8. verb To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.

Similar words

miserable hopeless contemptible unfortunate low-down scummy resigned unhopeful submissive low

Often followed by

poverty and submission terror misery failure state fear slavery

Word family

abjectly abjectness abjectnesses

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