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All abject synonyms

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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.

noun abject

  • scurvy — Pathology. a disease marked by swollen and bleeding gums, livid spots on the skin, prostration, etc., due to a diet lacking in vitamin C.
  • low-down — If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
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