English

Etymology
From L. abjectus, past participle of abjicere to reject, formed from ab- + jacere, to throw

Pronunciation 1
enPR|�bʹj�kt, IPA|/�æbd��kt/, SAMPA|/"{bdZEkt/ or AHD|�bʹjĭkt, IPA|/�æbd�ɪkt/, SAMPA|/"{bdZIkt/
rhymes|�kt
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Adjective
rfc-level|Adjective at L4+ not in L3 POS section
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1. obsolete Cast down; low-lying.

#* So thick bestrown abject and lost lay these, covering the flood. - Milton

1. Sunk to a low condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.

#* Base and abject flatterers. - Addison
#* An abject liar. - Macaulay
#* And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. - Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, I-ii
#* He sat obediently with that tentative and abject eagerness of a man who has but one pleasure left and whom the world can reach only through one sense, for he was both blind and deaf. - 1931 Faulkner, Sanctuary, ii''

Synonyms
beggarly, contemptible, cringing, degraded, groveling, ignoble, mean, mean-spirited, slavish, vile, worthless

Translations

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ttbc|Vietnamese: hèn hạ, thấp hèn, �ê ti�n, �áng khinh, kh�n kh�, kh�n nạn

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.

#: Shall these abjects, these victims, these outcasts, know any thing of pleasure? - I. Taylor

Pronunciation 2
enPR|�bj�ktʹ, IPA|/æb�d��kt/, SAMPA|/{b"dZEkt/
rhymes|�kt
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Verb
en-verb

1. transitive obsolete To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.

Related terms
abjection
abjectly
abjectness

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