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).

Concepten

schunnig

verachtelijk

ellendig

nietswaardig

laaghartig

stumperig

miserabel

gemeen

belabberd

🤢

schamel

verfoeilijk

afgrijselijk

afschuwelijk

beklagenswaardig

erbarmelijk

hulpeloos

ijselijk

immoreel

infaam

laag

nederig

onguur

onzedelijk

ploertig

rottig

abominabel

vuig

zedeloos

zedenkwetsend

zielig

☹️

verworpeling

diepgezonken

laf

arm

extreem

infaam persoon

gelaten

moedeloos

verschoppeling

bovenmatig

armoedig

straatarm

armelijk

uiterst

Tegenovergesteld aan

unabject

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

abject

misérable

abietto

abyecto

άθλιος

miserabile

verächtlich

jämmerlich

elend

gemein

vil

infam

lâche

ταπεινωτικός

abjecte

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈæbd͡ʒɛkt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: abiect

Verwant aan Frans: abject

Verwant aan Italiaans: abiecto

Verwant aan Spaans: abjecto

Overgenomen van Middelengels: 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