abject
(adjective) showing humiliation or submissiveness; “an abject apology”
abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy
(adjective) of the most contemptible kind; “abject cowardice”; “a low stunt to pull”; “a low-down sneak”; “his miserable treatment of his family”; “You miserable skunk!”; “a scummy rabble”; “a scurvy trick”
abject
(adjective) most unfortunate or miserable; “the most abject slaves joined in the revolt”; “abject poverty”
abject, unhopeful
(adjective) showing utter resignation or hopelessness; “abject surrender”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
abject (comparative abjecter or more abject, superlative abjectest or most abject)
Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
Showing utter hopelessness, helplessness; showing resignation; wretched. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
(obsolete) Rejected; cast aside. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the early 17th century.]
• Nouns to which "abject" is often applied: poverty, fear, terror, submission, misery, failure, state, condition, apology, humility, servitude, manner, coward.
• beggarly, contemptible, cringing, degraded, groveling, ignoble, mean, mean-spirited, slavish, vile, worthless
abject (plural abjects)
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast. [from late 15h c.]
abject (third-person singular simple present abjects, present participle abjecting, simple past and past participle abjected)
(transitive, obsolete) To cast off or out; to reject. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17th century.]
(transitive, obsolete) To cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17th century.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ab"ject, a. Etym: [L. abjectus, p. p. of abjicere to throw away; ab + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
1. Cast down; low-lying. [Obs.] From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood. Milton.
2. Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts. "Base and abject flatterers." Addison. "An abject liar." Macaulay. And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. Shak.
Syn.
– Mean; groveling; cringing; mean-spirited; slavish; ignoble; worthless; vile; beggarly; contemptible; degraded.
Ab*ject", v. t. Etym: [From Abject, a.]
Definition: To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase. [Obs.] Donne.
Ab"ject, n.
Definition: A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway. [Obs.] Shall these abjects, these victims, these outcasts, know any thing of pleasure I. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
