All abject synonyms
ab·ject
A a adj abject
- wretched — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
- base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- contemptible — If you feel that someone or something is contemptible, you feel strong dislike and disrespect for them.
- degraded — disgraced, debased, depraved, etc.
- dejected — If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something.
- deplorable — If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- fawning — a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
- forlorn — desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- groveling — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- hangdog — browbeaten; defeated; intimidated; abject: He always went about with a hangdog look.
- humiliated — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- low — to utter by or as by lowing.
- miserable — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- outcast — a falling out; quarrel.
- servile — slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
- submissive — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
- worthless — without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing: a worthless person; a worthless contract.
- pitiable — evoking or deserving pity; lamentable: pitiable, homeless children.
adjective abject
- resigned — submissive or acquiescent.
- unfortunate — suffering from bad luck: an unfortunate person.
- scummy — consisting of or having scum.
- unhopeful — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
- hopeless — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- dismal — causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.
- horrible — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- gloomy — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- utter — to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce: unable to utter her feelings; Words were uttered in my hearing.
- dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- humble — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- meek — humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
- subservient — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- deferent — (esp of a bodily nerve, vessel, or duct) conveying an impulse, fluid, etc, outwards, down, or away; efferent
- self-effacing — the act or fact of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.