abject
Meanings
Plural: abjects
Adjective Satellite
- of the most contemptible kind
- "abject cowardice"
- 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"
Adj
- Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
- Complete; downright; utter.
- Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
- Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
- Marginalized as deviant.
Noun
- A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.
Verb
- To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.
- To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.
- Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
*h₂epó
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English abiect, abject (adjective) [and other forms], from Middle French abject (modern French abject, abjet (obsolete)), and from its etymon Latin abiectus (“abandoned; cast aside”), an adjective use of the perfect passive participle of abiciō (“to discard, throw away”), from ab- (prefix meaning ‘away from’) + iaciō (“to throw”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”)).
The noun is derived from the adjective.
Cognates
* Italian abiecto (obsolete), abietto
* Late Latin abiectus (“humble or poor person”, noun)
* Spanish abjecto (obsolete), abyecto
Synonyms
abject, absolute, arrant, beggarly, categoric, categorical, complete, consummate, cringing, degraded, demiss, downright, full, full-blown, full-bore, full-on, heanling, ignoble, low, low-down, mean, mere, miserable, out-and-out, outright, perfect, proper, pure, regular, right, root and branch, scummy, scurvy, sheer, slavish, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unattenuated, uncompromising, unconditional, unfettered, unhopeful, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, vile, wholesale, worthless, wretch, wretched
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 17
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