abjectadjective
uk/ˈæb.dʒekt/us/ˈæb.dʒekt/formalabject adjective (EXTREME)
abject misery, poverty, failure, etc.
the state of being extremely unhappy, poor, unsuccessful, etc.:
They live in abject poverty.
This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.
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Linguistics: very & extreme
- awful
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- deadly
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- perfect
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- thumping
- whole
- wide
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abject adjective (NOT PROUD)
showing no pride or respect for yourself:
an abject apology
He is almost abject in his respect for his boss.
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Feeling sad and unhappy
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- bruised
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- dour
- grieving
- miserably
- moody
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- morose
- mournful
- the doldrums
- wretched
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abjectly
adverb uk/ˈæb.dʒekt.li/us/ˈæb.dʒekt.li/