Abject - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈæbdʒekt|
Brit.
|ˈæbdʒekt|
adjective
- of the most contemptible kind (syn: low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy)
abject cowardice
- most unfortunate or miserablethe most abject slaves joined in the revolt
abject poverty
- showing utter resignation or hopelessnessabject poverty
abject surrender
- showing humiliation or submissivenessan abject apology
Extra examples
They live in abject misery.
He offered an abject apology.
She thought he was an abject coward.
... the time would come that no human being should be humiliated or be made abject.
... my critical intelligence sometimes shrivels to an abject nodding of the head.
...a novel about a libidinous lawyer who becomes an abject slave to his sexual addiction...
The news plunged him into abject misery.
May I give my sincere and abject apology for the incident?
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