showing utter hopelessnessin the worst degree; wretched; miserable; degraded
abject poverty
despicable; degraded
an abject coward
very humble, esp to the point of self-abasement or servility
humble and undignified
an abject apology
abjection /əbʹjeksh(ə)n/ noun
abjectly adv
abjectness noun
[Middle English from Latin abjectus, past part. of abicere to cast off, from ab- + jacere to throw]