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Adjective
/ˈabˌjekt/,/abˈjekt/,
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(of a situation or condition) Extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading,
  1. (of a situation or condition) Extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading
    • - abject poverty
  2. (of an unhappy state of mind) Experienced to the maximum degree
    • - his letter plunged her into abject misery
  3. (of a person or their behavior) Completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing
    • - an abject apology
  1. 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"
  2. most unfortunate or miserable; "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty"
  3. showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender"
  4. showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject apology"
  5. (abjectly) in a hopeless resigned manner; "she shrugged her shoulders abjectly"
  6. The term Abjection literally means "the state of being cast off." In usage it has connotations of degradation, baseness and meanness of spirit.
  7. A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; (obsolete) To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase; Sunk to a low condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts; Cast down; ...
  8. (abjectly) With great shame, desperately; in an abject fashion
  9. (abjectness) The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility
  10. miserable, wretched, degraded, despicable, contemptible, hopeless, pitiful/pitiable, lamentable, sorry, base, low, worthless, unworthy
  11. To dream that you are abject, denotes that you will be the recipient of gloomy tidings, which will cause a relaxation in your strenuous efforts to climb the heights of prosperity. To see others abject, is a sign of bickering and false dealings among your friends.