abject

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
2. (broadly) Complete; downright; utter.
3. (broadly, rare) Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
4. Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
5. (noun-from-verb, usually) Marginalized as deviant.

Noun

A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.

Verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.
2. (archaic, transitive) To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.
3. (archaic, transitive) Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).

Teenoorgestelde van

unabject

Sinonieme

miserable

low

wretched

meager

dismal

mean

despicable

vile

base

forlorn

contemptible

squalid

shameful

pitiable

nasty

poor

ignoble

pitiful

debasing

unhopeful

abominable

loathsome

unenviable

subservient

servile

disgraceful

scurvy

slavish

humble

hopeless

piteous

sordid

beggarly

depraved

gross

deplorable

low-down

menial

dejected

outcast

abhorrent

lowlife

obsequious

scummy

sorry

extreme

drastic

dramatic

degrading

dire

Vertalings

misérable

abject

abietto

άθλιος

verachtelijk

verächtlich

abyecto

miserabile

schunnig

jämmerlich

nietswaardig

vil

elend

gemein

ellendig

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈæbd͡ʒɛkt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: abiect

Verwante met Frans: abject

Verwante met Italiaans: abiecto

Verwante met Spaans: abjecto

Geërf van Middle English: abjecten

In summary

PIE word
*h₂epó
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English abiect, abject (adjective) [and other forms], from Middle French abject (modern French abject, abjet (obsolete)), and from its etymon Latin abiectus (“abandoned; cast aside”), an adjective use of the perfect passive participle of abiciō (“to discard, throw away”), from ab- (prefix meaning ‘away from’) + iaciō (“to throw”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”)).
The noun is derived from the adjective.
Cognates
* Italian abiecto (obsolete), abietto
* Late Latin abiectus (“humble or poor person”, noun)
* Spanish abjecto (obsolete), abyecto