'abject' definitions:
Definition of 'abject'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" [syn: abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy]
adjective
Most unfortunate or miserable; "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty"
adjective
Showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender" [syn: abject, unhopeful]
adjective
Showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject apology"
Synonyms of 'abject'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abominable,
- accepting,
- acquiescent,
- agreeable,
- apologetic,
- arrant,
- assenting,
- atrocious,
- backscratching,
- base,
- beggarly,
- bootlicking,
- cheesy,
- complaisant,
- compliable,
- compliant,
- complying,
- consenting,
- contemptible,
- contrite,
- cowering,
- crawling,
- cringing,
- crouching,
- crummy,
- debased,
- degraded,
- depraved,
- despicable,
- dirty,
- disgusting,
- execrable,
- fawning,
- flagrant,
- flattering,
- footlicking,
- foul,
- fulsome,
- grave,
- gross,
- groveling,
- hangdog,
- heinous,
- humble,
- humble-minded,
- humble-spirited,
- humbled,
- humblehearted,
- ingratiating,
- little,
- low,
- low-down,
- lumpen,
- mangy,
- mealymouthed,
- mean,
- measly,
- meek,
- meek-minded,
- meek-spirited,
- meekhearted,
- melted,
- miserable,
- monstrous,
- nefarious,
- nondissenting,
- nonresistant,
- nonresisting,
- nonresistive,
- obedient,
- obeisant,
- obnoxious,
- obsequious,
- odious,
- on bended knee,
- paltry,
- parasitic,
- passive,
- penitent,
- penitential,
- penitentiary,
- petty,
- poky,
- poor,
- poor in spirit,
- prostrate,
- rank,
- repentant,
- reptilian,
- resigned,
- scabby,
- scrubby,
- scruffy,
- scummy,
- scurvy,
- servile,
- shabby,
- sheepish,
- shoddy,
- small,
- sniveling,
- softened,
- sponging,
- squalid,
- submissive,
- subservient,
- supine,
- sycophantic,
- timeserving,
- toadeating,
- toadying,
- toadyish,
- touched,
- truckling,
- unassertive,
- uncomplaining,
- underfoot,
- unmentionable,
- unresistant,
- unresisting,
- vile,
- wretched