abject
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7.7
- adjective
- /ˈæbˌdʒɛkt/
- Formal
:
desesperado
- A little embarrassed at his abject failure as best man.
- abject submission
Examples
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I mean, their policies are abject failures, and we're still getting them from Obama.
Blog text (30) -
Failure, like abject failure, is a totally intrinsic part of the process at getting better at stuff.
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Many live in abject poverty.
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The women and children stood about, abject and quiet.
Fiction book (1991) -
And what an abject disappointment this man is.
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She thinks I'm an abject failure.
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A great heaviness hangs over me... causing me a most abject desperation.
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Before the absolute rule of public opinion, the press, pulpit, judges, and all institutions bowed in abject submission.
Academic text (1997) -
If successful, it would produce a generation incapacitated by uncertainty and abject conformity, and lacking all basis for positive self-esteem.
Academic text (1992) -
After losing the championship game, the players were left in abject despair and disbelief.
Synonyms
48
2.5
Feeling no hope about a situation or the future
23
4.1
Looking or feeling sad and quiet
18
7.7
Feeling very sad and without hope about the future
11
6.7
Feeling very unhappy and alone after a loss
8
4.4
Feeling sad and not very hopeful
5
4.5
Feeling very sad and not hopeful
5
5.4
Feeling sad and without hope
5
7.5
Sad and disappointed because what you hoped for did not happen
4
4.6
Feeling very hopeless and sad
3
4.7
Feeling sad and without much hope
1
4.1
Feeling sad and without much hope
Feeling very sad and without hope
Not expecting success or any improvement
Causing deep sadness in people or places
Antonyms
How Submissive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Abject comes from the Latin parts ab- ('away') and jacere ('to throw'), giving the image of being 'thrown down' and helpless. So an abject apology or action shows complete defeat, humility, or submission.