abject
IPA: ˈæbdʒɛkt
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.
- (mycology) Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).
adjective
- Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
- (by extension)
- (chiefly with a negative connotation) Complete; downright; utter.
- (rare) 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.
- (sociology, usually nominalized) Marginalized as deviant.
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Examples of "abject" in Sentences
- The man slipped into abject poverty.
- The reality was more akin to abject slavery.
- You are an abject, ignoble, mendacious knave
- The family lived in abject poverty as a result.
- The Opium policy of Qing was an abject failure.
- The contents themselves are just abject nonsense.
- I strongly abject to the user Nemanmarcus being blocked.
- I can't imagine the exercise in abject tedium that would be.
- Merely sitting on the fence shows signs of abject impotence.
- The childhood days of Vidyasagar were spent in abject poverty.
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