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English Dictionary: abject	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for abject
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abject adj 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" Synonym(s): abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy most unfortunate or miserable; "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty" showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender" Synonym(s): abject, unhopeful showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject apology"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abject \Ab*ject"\, v. t. [From {Abject}, a.] To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase. [Obs.] --Donne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abject \Ab"ject\, n. A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway. [Obs.] Shall these abjects, these victims, these outcasts, know any thing of pleasure? --I. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abject \Ab"ject\, a. [L. abjectus, p. p. of abjicere to throw away; ab + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] 1. Cast down; low-lying. [Obs.] From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood. --Milton. 2. Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts. [bd]Base and abject flatterers.[b8] --Addison. [bd]An abject liar.[b8] --Macaulay. And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. --Shak. Syn: Mean; groveling; cringing; mean-spirited; slavish; ignoble; worthless; vile; beggarly; contemptible; degraded.