abject
Meaning of abject
adjective
- (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree.
his letter plunged her into abject misery
abject poverty
- (of a person or their behaviour) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing.
an abject apology
late Middle English (in the sense ‘rejected’): from Latin abjectus, past participle of abicere ‘reject’, from ab- ‘away’ + jacere ‘to throw’.
Information about abject
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of abject is: abjects.
- Languages in which abject is used:
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Hyphenation of abject
ab-ject
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- abject is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
abject synonyms
Meaning low:
low, miserable, scummy, scurvy
Meaning resigned:
Meaning obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree:
Meaning acting obsequiously in order to obtain forgiveness or favour:
Meaning move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground:
Meaning (of a plant) growing along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches:
Meaning displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious:
Meaning having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others:
Meaning bent in fear or apprehension:
Meaning crying and sniffing in a feeble or fretful way:
Meaning intended to gain approval or favour; sycophantic:
Meaning act in an obsequious way:
Meaning behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage:
Meaning ready to conform to the authority or will of others; meekly obedient or passive:
Meaning contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly:
Meaning making someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride:
abject antonyms
Meaning feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated:
Words that rhyme with abject
Ject, Intraject, Spartaject, Ultraject, traject, cosubject, countersubject, nonsubject, object, overobject, preobject, presubject, reobject, resubject, subject, superobject, unabject, unsubject, adject, deject, eject, prereject, reeject, reject, Becomject, conject, inject, microinject, reinject, Asproject, Dramoject, Estroject, Flexoject, counterproject, introject, megaproject, project, reproject, retroject, subproject, Caverject, interject, disject
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