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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ab•ject /ˈæbdʒɛkt, æbˈdʒɛkt/USA pronunciation adj. - hopeless or wretched:[before a noun]abject poverty.
- showing no courage;
contemptible:an abject coward.
ab•ject•ly, adv. ab•ject•ness, n. [uncountable]See -jec-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ab•ject (ab′jekt, ab jekt′),USA pronunciation adj. - utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched:abject poverty.
- contemptible;
despicable;
base-spirited:an abject coward. - shamelessly servile;
slavish. - [Obs.]cast aside.
- Latin abjectus thrown down (past participle of abicere, abjicere), equivalent. to ab- ab + -jec- throw + -tus past participle suffix
- late Middle English 1400–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged debasing, degrading; miserable.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged base, mean, low, vile.
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