What are some alternative words for abject?
Synonyms for abject
ˈæb dʒɛkt, æbˈdʒɛkt
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Princeton's WordNet
abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy(adj)
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"
Synonyms:
down(p), dispirited, small, downcast, paltry, deplorable, scummy, modest, execrable, suffering, scurvy, unhopeful, humbled, low-down, miserable, lowly, low, broken, down in the mouth, blue, humble, downhearted, grim, low-toned, low-pitched, piteous, hapless, misfortunate, pitiable, depleted, crushed, measly, poor, funky, pathetic, wretched, pitiful, gloomy, woeful, depressed, low-spirited, humiliatedAntonyms:
hopeful, fortunate, estimable, domineeringabject(adj)
most unfortunate or miserable
"the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty"
Synonyms:
scummy, scurvy, low-down, low, unhopeful, miserableAntonyms:
fortunate, estimable, hopeful, domineeringabject, unhopeful(adj)
showing utter resignation or hopelessness
"abject surrender"
Synonyms:
scummy, scurvy, low-down, low, unhopeful, miserableAntonyms:
estimable, domineering, hopeful, fortunateabject(adj)
showing humiliation or submissiveness
"an abject apology"
Synonyms:
scummy, scurvy, low-down, low, unhopeful, miserableAntonyms:
fortunate, estimable, hopeful, domineering
English Synonyms and Antonyms
abject
Pitiful originally signified full of pity; as, "the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy," James v, 11; but this usage is now archaic, and the meaning in question is appropriated by such words as merciful and compassionate. Pitiful and pitiable now refer to what may be deserving of pity, pitiful being used chiefly for that which is merely an object of thought, pitiable for that which is brought directly before the senses; as, a pitiful story; a pitiable object; a pitiable condition. Since pity, however, always implies weakness or inferiority in that which is pitied, pitiful and pitiable are often used, by an easy transition, for what might awaken pity, but does awaken contempt; as, a pitiful excuse; he presented a pitiable appearance. Piteous is now rarely used in its earlier sense of feeling pity, but in its derived sense applies to what really excites the emotion; as, a piteous cry. Compare HUMANE; MERCY; PITY.
Synonyms:
base, contemptible, despicable, lamentable, miserable, mournful, moving, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, sorrowful, touching, woful, wretchedAntonyms:
august, beneficent, commanding, dignified, exalted, glorious, grand, great, helpful, lofty, mighty, noble, sublime, superb, superior
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
abject
Synonyms:
degraded, outcast, miserable, vile, pitiable, worthless, despicable, groveling, fawning, squalid, base-minded, slavish, beggarly, servile, cringing, low, wretched, sordidAntonyms:
honorable, dignified, eminent, exalted, esteemed, worthy, venerable, noble, princely, illustrious, independent, self-assertive, self-reliant, vain, arrogant, insolent, haughty
Dictionary of English Synonymes
abject(a.)
Synonyms:
base, vile, mean, low, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, paltry, dirty, squalid, grovelling, pitiful, ignoble, degraded, worthless, poor, servile, slavish, menial, sneaking, sordid, shabby, scurvy, miserable, wretched, low-minded, base-minded, earth-born, earth-bred
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "abject":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#350 | small | |
#402 | low | |
#618 | blue | |
#988 | base | |
#1593 | moving | |
#1711 | poor | |
#2535 | broken | |
#2685 | extreme | |
#4304 | absolute | |
#5907 | suffering | |
#9379 | funky | |
#10026 | modest | |
#11305 | touching | |
#12155 | humble | |
#12913 | depressed | |
#14263 | crushed | |
#14856 | grim | |
#17102 | miserable | |
#18127 | pathetic | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#21173 | depleted | |
#22311 | degraded | |
#27379 | vile | |
#28701 | gloomy | |
#30945 | wretched | |
#36392 | outcast | |
#37657 | lowly | |
#39475 | humiliated | |
#40996 | pitiful | |
#43288 | hapless | |
#45288 | humbled | |
#45529 | heinous | |
#47520 | sordid | |
#47706 | despicable | |
#51865 | abject | |
#55032 | deplorable | |
#56568 | sorrowful | |
#57224 | paltry | |
#60125 | mournful | |
#68555 | measly | |
#69348 | scurvy | |
#77165 | woeful | |
#79651 | contemptible | |
#81752 | downcast | |
#81901 | servile | |
#92197 | piteous | |
#92954 | fawning | |
#95216 | lamentable | |
#95297 | squalid | |
#100376 | cringing | |
#112431 | slavish | |
#115306 | scummy | |
#119822 | pitiable | |
#143060 | execrable | |
#147160 | dispirited | |
#149613 | beggarly | |
#172738 | groveling | |
#245806 | downhearted |
How to use abject in a sentence?
There are new attacks against Venezuela, despite a year 2015 that has been difficult, with economic warfare because the price of our oil export plummeted by 60 percent, we will be showing record reductions in abject poverty.
The people of California clearly have the right to prohibit the sale of a product that is the result of abject animal abuse.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve:
The abject attacks that hit us on Friday were prepared abroad and mobilized a team in Belgium that benefited ... from help in France.
If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless.
I‘m a free woman and always will be, i send my sisterly regards to all the victims of abject acts who would have felt attacked by this column inLe Monde, and it is to them, and them only, that I offer my apologies.
Translations for abject
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- nadšenýCzech
- elend, kläglich, verächtlich, jämmerlich, bitterGerman
- abatido, abyectoSpanish
- فرومایهPersian
- abjecte, méprisable, misérable, paria, abjectFrench
- अधमHindi
- siralmasHungarian
- abjecto, abjecteInterlingua
- abbiettoItalian
- bしいJapanese
- nikczemnyPolish
- abjectRomanian
- жалкий, уни́женный, смиренныйRussian
- இழிவானTamil
- aşağılanmış, hakir, zelil, aşağılık, sefilTurkish
- 卑劣Chinese
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