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Meaning
Adj
●
Existing in or
sunk
to a low
condition
,
position
, or state;
contemptible
,
despicable
, miserable.
●
Complete;
downright
; utter.
●
Lower than
nearby
areas; low-lying.
●
Of a person:
cast down
in
hope
or
spirit
;
showing
utter
helplessness
,
hopelessness
, or
resignation
; also,
grovelling
;
ingratiating
; servile.
●
In Sociology:
Marginalized as deviant.
Noun
●
A person in the
lowest
and most
despicable
condition
; an
oppressed
person; an
outcast
; also, such people as a class.
Verb
●
To
cast off
or out (someone
or something
); to
reject
, especially as
contemptible
or inferior.
●
To
cast down
(someone
or something
); to
abase
; to
debase
; to
degrade
; to lower; also, to
forcibly
impose
obedience
or
servitude
upon (someone); to subjugate.
●
In Mycology:
Of a
fungus
: to (forcibly)
give off
(spores or sporidia).
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Origin
abject
English
abjecten
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Degraded
Demiss
Ignoble
Mean
Vile
Wretched
Worthless
Out-And-Out
Unmitigated
Total
Beggarly
Cringing
Slavish
Heanling
Wretch
Extreme
Groveling
Low
Mean-Spirited
Servile
Outcast
Contemptible
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Antonyms
Unabject
Related
Utter
Unmitigated
Absolute
Unremitting
Unbridled
Indifference
Unrelenting
Infantile
Wanton
Unabashed
Appalling
Unspeakable
Imbecilic
Ignominious
Unthinking
Wretched
Pathetic
Intolerable
Senseless
Destitution
Abominable
Misery
Cowardice
Deprivation
Ignorance
Inhumanity
Injustice
Suffering
Heartlessness
Impotent
Barbarism
Absurdity
Ignorant
Ingratitude
Unrepentant
Relentless
Oppressed
Grotesque
Depravity
Callousness
Despair
Oppression
Poverty
Cruelty
Inescapable
Insipid
Abhorrence
Lamentable
Woeful
Irredeemable
Penury
Abysmal
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Rhymes
Lect
Sect
Rekt
Elect
Eject
Erect
Spect
Pecked
Infect
Necked
Detect
Kecked
Reject
Inject
Expect
Deject
Effect
Object
Abject
Direct
Affect
Select
Bisect
Lekked
Protect
Reflect
Trekked
Cathect
Convect
Wrecked
Respect
Despect
Inflect
Subject
Trisect
Neglect
Deflect
Collect
Correct
Suspect
Inspect
Connect
Dissect
Checked
Project
Renecked
Deselect
Indirect
Prospect
Transect
Vivisect
Redirect
Disinfect
Resurrect
Retroject
Unchecked
Reinspect
Intersect
Incorrect
Interject
Recollect
Disconnect
Introspect
Disrespect
Counterobject
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