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- pronunciation:
- aeb
jekt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of the lowest or most wretched kind.
The villagers live in abject poverty.- synonyms:
- miserable, vile
- similar words:
- poor, sorry, squalid, wretched
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| definition 2: |
lacking in pride or spirit.
After their third loss, the abject team rode home in silence.- synonyms:
- low, spiritless
- similar words:
- base, contemptible, degrading, despicable, ignoble, ignominious, mean, mortifying, opprobrious, sordid, squalid
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| definition 3: |
humble or fawning.
His abject plea to be spared punishment was ignored.- synonyms:
- groveling, humble, obsequious, servile, slavish, sycophantic, toadyish, truckling
- similar words:
- crawling, cringing, flattering, ingratiating
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| related words: |
downtrodden, forlorn, lowly, menial, penitent, pitiful, servile, woeful |
| derivations: |
abjectly (adv.), abjection (n.), abjectness (n.) |
The word abject
contains the following parts:
ab-, abs-
Latin
prefix
that means from, away from
  More about this word part:
Most words containing the prefix ab-
, abs-
are Latin loanwords, so the bases are Latin roots. ab-
becomes abs-
before bases beginning with "t," such as "tract."
Example words:
abbreviate, abbreviation, abdicate, abduct, abnormal, abolish, aborigine, abrasive, abrupt, absence, absent, absolute, absorb, abstain, abstract, abuse
ject, jet, jac
Latin
root
that means throw; lie
Example words:
adjacent, adjective, eject, inject, injection, interjection, jet, jettison, object, objective, project, projectile, projection, reject, subject
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