Found 3 items, similar to abject.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: abject keji, pengecut
English → English (WordNet) Definition: abject abject adj 1: 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: low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy] 2: most unfortunate or miserable; “the most abject slaves joined in the revolt”; “abject poverty” 3: showing utter resignation or hopelessness; “abject surrender” [syn: resigned, unhopeful] 4: showing humiliation or submissiveness; “an abject apology”
English → English (gcide) Definition: abject abject \ab"ject\ ([a^]b"j[e^]kt), a. [L. abjectus, p. p. of abjicere to throw away; ab + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.] 1. Cast down; low-lying. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts. “Base and abject flatterers.” --Addison. “An abject liar.” --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Sunk to a low condition; down in spirit or hope; miserable; -- of persons. [1913 Webster] 4. Humiliating; degrading; wretched; -- of situations; as, abject poverty. [PJC] Syn: Mean; groveling; cringing; mean-spirited; slavish; ignoble; worthless; vile; beggarly; contemptible; degraded. [1913 Webster]