abject

n. துணையற்றவர், இழிந்தவர், அடிமை, (பெ) தாழ்வான, கேடுகெட்ட, முழுமோசமான, ஆதரவற்ற, ஏழ்மை மிக்க, இழிவுபடுத்திக்கொள்ளுகிற.

Synonyms

degraded outcast miserable vile pitiable worthless despicable groveling fawning squalid base-minded slavish beggarly servile cringing low wretched sordid

Antonyms

honorable dignified eminent exalted esteemed worthy venerable noble princely illustrious independent self-assertive self-reliant vain arrogant insolent haughty

Ab"ject, a. Etym: [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. "Base and abject flatterers." Addison. "An abject liar." Macaulay. And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. Shak. Syn. -- Mean; groveling; cringing; mean-spirited; slavish; ignoble; worthless; vile; beggarly; contemptible; degraded. Ab*ject", v. t. Etym: [From Abject, a.] Defn: To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase. [Obs.] Donne. Ab"ject, n. Defn: 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.

abject - Similar Words

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