单词 | abject |
释义 | abject —abjectly, adv. —abjectness, abjectedness, n. /ab"jekt, ab jekt"/, adj. 1. utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched: abject poverty. 2. contemptible; despicable; base-spirited: an abject coward. 3. shamelessly servile; slavish. 4. Obs. cast aside. [1400-50; late ME < L abjectus thrown down (ptp. of abicere, abjicere), equiv. to ab- AB + -jec- throw + -tus ptp. suffix] Syn. 1. debasing, degrading; miserable. 2. base, mean, low, vile. Ant. exalted. |
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