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abjectness

8.8

Extreme misery and suffering that makes life very hard

noun
/ˈæb.dʒɛkt.nəs/

Formal

: miseria extrema

After losing his job and home, he experienced deep abjectness that left him feeling hopeless.

Examples

She could not escape the abjectness of her situation, feeling trapped in a cycle of despair.
The documentary highlighted the abjectness of poverty in certain communities, shedding light on their struggles.
I just gave into my abjectness for a moment.

Jester (2024)

Synonyms

misery

vsabjectness

310 2.8

A feeling of great unhappiness and suffering

includes that suffering but emphasizes being degraded and wretched as well

despair

vsabjectness

210 3.5

A complete loss of hope

contains hopelessness but adds strong sense of degradation and misery

despondency

vsabjectness

4 8.3

A strong feeling of sadness and loss of hope after something bad

is stronger, stressing extreme misery and degradation rather than mere loss of hope

wretchedness

vsabjectness

3 7.1

A state of great unhappiness and suffering often caused by poverty

stresses severe personal degradation and deep moral lowliness rather than just hardship

desolation

vsabjectness

3 7.6

A feeling of deep sadness and emptiness after being left alone

emphasizes active degradation and wretchedness rather than isolation alone

bleakness

vsabjectness

3 6.3

A cold, empty feeling that makes a place or situation seem sad

focuses more on personal degradation and severe misery than on atmosphere

pit of despair

vsabjectness

Informal

2 9.0

A very deep feeling of sadness with no hope

overlaps in depth of suffering but adds a degraded, wretched quality

dejection

vsabjectness

2 6.3

A feeling of sadness and low energy that makes you feel down

is more extreme, stressing severe misery and a degraded state

abjection

vsabjectness

Literature

1 9.9

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

highlights extreme misery and wretched condition rather than mere humiliation

miserableness

vsabjectness

1 6.0

A feeling of deep unhappiness and suffering

adds a sense of extreme degradation and wretched state beyond general misery

sense of abjection

vsabjectness

9.9

A strong feeling of shame and deep disappointment

focuses more on overall extreme misery and degradation than shame

disconsolateness

vsabjectness

9.9

A deep sadness that nothing can comfort

leans more toward severe degradation and wretched living than pure sadness

blackness of despair

vsabjectness

Literature

8.0

A very strong feeling that nothing will get better and you have no hope

shares deep despair but focuses more on personal degradation and wretchedness

desolateness

vsabjectness

7.5

A feeling of being very lonely and empty after loss

adds intense personal misery and a sense of being degraded or wretched

lowness

vsabjectness

5.8

A time when someone feels sad and without energy

is harsher, indicating extreme misery and wretched degradation

downness

vsabjectness

7.4

A feeling of being sad or low

intensifies that sadness into extreme misery and degraded condition

glumness

vsabjectness

6.6

A quiet feeling of sadness and low spirits

raises that mood to extreme misery and a wretched, degraded state

Antonyms

prosperity

195 3.7

A time when people or a country have money and success

How Miserable

abjectness

Formal

8.8

wretchedness

3 7.1

misery

310 2.8

sadness

229 1.0

unhappiness

42 1.8

Surface Forms

abjectness singular

abjectnesses plural

Morphology

abjectness = abject (transparent) = abject + ness

A straightforward derivation from 'abject' with the nominalizing suffix '-ness' indicating the state or condition of being abject.

Etymology

Abjectness comes from the parts ab- 'away' and ject 'to throw', like in reject. Think of someone or something 'thrown down' and left very low — that image explains why abjectness can mean deep misery or a wretched, degraded state.