abjectness

Examples

• All

• The sense of abjectness in her voice revealed her deep sense of shame and submission.

• His abjectness in front of his rivals made it clear that he lacked self-confidence.

• At that age, they want justice, not mercy, and they don't know how to surrender without abjectness.

  Fiction book (1993)

• For Silva Gruesz, this abjectness also lies in naming.

  Academic text (2018)

Synonyms

H

humility

vsabjectness

105 3.8

Being modest and not thinking you are better than other people

is stronger, adding submissiveness and loss of dignity to that modest view

H

humbleness

vsabjectness

3 3.5

Not thinking you are better than other people

is more intense, involving submissive self‑lowering rather than simple modesty

A

abasement

vsabjectness

• Formal

1 8.9

A feeling of deep shame when people treat you as unimportant

focuses more on submissive self‑degradation rather than the act of being shamed

A

abjection

vsabjectness

• Literature

1 9.9

A feeling of being very low, ashamed, and rejected by others

is about extreme self-lowering and loss of pride rather than external harm

L

lowliness

vsabjectness

• Literature

1 6.7

Being humble and not thinking you are better than others

stresses deep submissiveness and loss of dignity beyond mere low rank

M

modestness

vsabjectness

3.7

Being humble and not showing pride in yourself

goes further by implying severe submissiveness and absence of dignity

U

unassumingness

vsabjectness

7.9

Being modest and not showing off

is more extreme, involving submissive loss of pride rather than plain modesty

Antonyms

D

dignity

398 3.2

Calm, respectful behaviour that shows self-respect in hard times

How Humble

abjectness

• Formal

8.5

submissiveness

1 6.0

meekness

3 5.1

humility

105 3.8

modesty

27 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology