English-Thai Dictionary

abject

ADJ ต่ำช้า  เลวทราม  tam-cha

 

abject

ADJ ถ่อมตัว  tom-tua

 

abject

ADJ น่าสังเวช  น่าสงสาร  debasing degrading miserable na-sang-wed

 

abjectedness

N ความต่ำช้า 

 

abjection

N ความต่ำช้า  ความสังเวช ใจ 

 

abjectly

ADV อย่างต่ำ ช้า 

 

abjectness

N ความต่ำช้า 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ABJECT

v.t.To throw away; to cast out. Obs.

 

ABJECT

a.[L. abjectus, from abjicio, to throw away, from ab and jacio, to throw. ] 1. Sunk to a low condition; applied to persons or things. Hence.
2. Worthless, mean, despicable, low in estimation, without hope or regard.

 

ABJECT

n.A person in the lowest condition and despicable. Psalm 35:15.

 

ABJECTEDNESS

n.A very low or despicable condition. [Little used. ]

 

ABJECTION

n.A state of being cast away, hence a low state; meanness of spirit; baseness.

 

ABJECTLY

adv. In a contemptible manner; meanly; servilely.

 

ABJECTNESS

n.The state of being abject; meanness; servility.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ABJECT

Ab "ject, a. Etym: [L. abjectus, p. p. of abjicere to throw away; ab +jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth. ]

 

1. Cast down; low-lying. [Obs. ] From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood. Milton.

 

2. Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts. "Base and abject flatterers." Addison. "An abject liar. " Macaulay. And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. Shak.

 

Syn. -- Mean; groveling; cringing; mean-spirited; slavish; ignoble; worthless; vile; beggarly; contemptible; degraded.

 

ABJECT

Ab *ject ", v. t. Etym: [From Abject, a.]

 

Defn: To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase. [Obs. ] Donne.

 

ABJECT

ABJECT Ab "ject, n.

 

Defn: A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway. [Obs. ] Shall these abjects, these victims, these outcasts, know any thing of pleasure I. Taylor.

 

ABJECTEDNESS

ABJECTEDNESS Ab *ject "ed *ness, n.

 

Defn: A very abject or low condition; abjectness. [R.] Boyle.

 

ABJECTION

Ab *jec "tion, n. Etym: [F. abjection, L. abjectio.]

 

1. The act of bringing down or humbling. "The abjection of the king and his realm. " Joe.

 

2. The state of being rejected or cast out. [R.] An adjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. Jer. Taylor.

 

3. A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible Hooker.

 

ABJECTLY

ABJECTLY Ab "ject *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Meanly; servilely.

 

ABJECTNESS

ABJECTNESS Ab "ject *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. Grew.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

abject

ab ject |ˈabˌjekt, abˈjekt ˈˌæbˈˌʤɛk (t )| ▶adjective 1 [ attrib. ] (of a situation or condition ) extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading: abject poverty. • (of an unhappy state of mind ) experienced to the maximum degree: his letter plunged her into abject misery. 2 (of a person or their behavior ) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing: an abject apology. DERIVATIVES ab jec tion |abˈjekSHən |noun, ab ject ly adverb, ab ject ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘rejected ’): from Latin abjectus, past participle of abjicere ‘reject, ’ from ab- ‘away ’ + jacere ‘to throw. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

abject

abject |ˈabdʒɛkt | ▶adjective 1 (of something bad ) experienced or present to the maximum degree: his letter plunged her into abject misery | abject poverty. • (of a situation or condition ) extremely unpleasant and degrading: the abject condition of the peasants. 2 (of a person or their behaviour ) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing: an abject apology. DERIVATIVES abjection noun, abjectly adverb, abjectness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘rejected ’): from Latin abjectus, past participle of abicere ‘reject ’, from ab- ‘away ’ + jacere ‘to throw ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

abject

abject adjective 1 abject poverty: wretched, miserable, hopeless, pathetic, pitiful, pitiable, piteous, sorry, woeful, lamentable, degrading, appalling, atrocious, awful. 2 an abject sinner: contemptible, base, low, vile, worthless, debased, degraded, despicable, ignominious, mean, unworthy, ignoble. 3 an abject apology: obsequious, groveling, fawning, toadyish, servile, cringing, sycophantic, submissive, craven.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

abject

abject adjective 1 many such families are living in abject poverty: wretched, miserable, hopeless, pathetic, pitiful, pitiable, piteous, stark, sorry, forlorn, woeful, lamentable, degrading, appalling, atrocious, awful. 2 an abject sinner: contemptible, base, low, vile, worthless, debased, degraded, despicable, ignominious, mean, unworthy, sordid, ignoble, shabby. ANTONYMS proud, respected. 3 an abject apology: obsequious, grovelling, crawling, creeping, fawning, toadyish, servile, cringing, snivelling, ingratiating, toadying, sycophantic, submissive, craven, humiliating. ANTONYMS proud.

 

French Dictionary

abject

abject , e adj. adjectif Qui suscite un profond mépris. : Sa conduite est abjecte. SYNONYME ignoble ; infâme ; méprisable ; odieux ; vil . Prononciation Le c et le t se prononcent, [abʒɛkt ]

 

abjectement

abjectement adv. D ’une manière abjecte. : Ces financiers ont volé abjectement de petits épargnants.

 

abjection

abjection n. f. nom féminin 1 État de ce qui est abject, de ce qui avilit. : Ils ont sombré dans l ’abjection, la destruction de soi et des autres. SYNONYME avilissement ; bassesse ; honte ; ignominie ; infamie ; turpitude . 2 Chose abjecte. : Cette accusation non fondée est une abjection. Prononciation Attention à la prononciation, [abʒɛksjɔ̃ ]

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

abject

ab ject /ǽbdʒekt /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 惨め [悲惨 ]な, 落ちぶれた 〈生活 状態など 〉▸ be able to live in abject poverty 極貧の中で生き残れる 2 卑しむべき ; 卑屈な 〈人 行為など 〉.ab j é c tion 名詞 ～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞