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The synonyms of “Abject” are: unhopeful, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy, wretched, hopeless, pathetic, pitiful, pitiable, piteous, stark, sorry, forlorn, woeful, lamentable, degrading, appalling, atrocious, awful, obsequious, grovelling, creeping, fawning, toadyish, servile, cringing, snivelling, ingratiating, sycophantic, submissive, craven, humiliating
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “abject” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| appalling | Causing shock or dismay; horrific. His conduct was appalling. |
| atrocious | Provoking horror- Winston Churchill. Atrocious taste. |
| awful | Exceptionally bad or displeasing. An awful risk. |
| craven | Lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful- Spenser. A craven abdication of his moral duty. |
| creeping | (of a plant) growing along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches. The creeping onset of crass commercialism. |
| cringing | Experiencing embarrassment or disgust. He was left cringing with embarrassment after stumbling over his lines during a West End performance of Macbeth. |
| degrading | Used of conduct; characterized by dishonor. The prisoners were subjected to cruel and degrading treatment. |
| fawning | Displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious. Fawning adoration. |
| forlorn | Marked by or showing hopelessness. A forlorn attempt to escape. |
| grovelling | Totally submissive. His grovelling references to great historians. |
| hopeless | Feeling or causing despair. With a hopeless sigh he sat down. |
| humiliating | Making someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride. A humiliating defeat. |
| ingratiating | Capable of winning favor. An ingratiating manner. |
| lamentable | Full of or expressing sorrow or grief. A lamentable decision. |
| low | Ranking below other people or things in importance or class. The reservoir is low. |
| low-down | Of the most contemptible kind. |
| miserable | Causing unhappiness or discomfort. Their happiness made Anne feel even more miserable. |
| obsequious | Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. Obsequious shop assistants. |
| pathetic | Inspiring scornful pity- Dashiell Hammett. The shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic. |
| piteous | Deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy. A piteous cry. |
| pitiable | Deserving or inciting pity. Pitiable homeless children. |
| pitiful | Deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy. A pitiful attempt to impress her. |
| scummy | Covered with scum. A scummy rabble. |
| scurvy | Worthless or contemptible. A scurvy trick. |
| servile | Submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior. The servile wars of Sicily. |
| snivelling | Crying and sniffing in a feeble or fretful way. Families with snivelling children. |
| sorry | Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone. A sorry state of affairs. |
| stark | Physically strong or powerful. A stark landscape. |
| submissive | Abjectly submissive characteristic of a slave or servant S H Adams. A submissive almost sheeplike people. |
| sycophantic | Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery. A sycophantic interview. |
| toadyish | Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery. |
| unhopeful | Showing utter resignation or hopelessness. |
| woeful | Characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery. Woeful errors of judgment. |
| wretched | Deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy. A wretched life. |
| contemptible | Deserving of contempt or scorn. A display of contemptible cowardice. |
| degraded | Treated or regarded with contempt or disrespect. She had felt cheap and degraded. |
| deplorable | Of very poor quality or condition. My finances were in a deplorable state. |
| deprived | Suffering a severe and damaging lack of basic material and cultural benefits. I was so sleep deprived I was bumping into walls. |
| despicable | Morally reprehensible. Would do something as despicable as murder. |
| disadvantaged | (of a person or area) in unfavourable circumstances, especially with regard to financial or social opportunities. Disadvantaged groups such as the unemployed. |
| disgraceful | Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation- Thackeray. It is disgraceful that they should be denied unemployment benefits. |
| dishonorable | Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. Dishonorable in thought and deed. |
| hapless | (especially of a person) unfortunate. The hapless victims of the disaster. |
| humiliating | Causing awareness of your shortcomings. A humiliating defeat. |
| ignoble | Not of the nobility. Of ignoble or ungentle birth. |
| ignominious | Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame. An ignominious retreat. |
| indigence | A state of extreme poverty or destitution. He did valuable work towards the relief of indigence. |
| indigent | Poor enough to need help from others. A charity for the relief of indigent artists. |
| miserable | Causing unhappiness or discomfort. He felt depressed and miserable. |
| neediness | A state of extreme poverty. He recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it. |
| needy | Needy people collectively. Needy and elderly people. |
| pauper | A person who is very poor. He died a pauper. |
| penury | A state of extreme poverty or destitution. He couldn t face another year of penury. |
| piteous | Deserving or arousing pity. Piteous appeals for help. |
| pitiful | Deserving or arousing pity. A pitiful attempt to impress her. |
| poor | People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group. The jejune diets of the very poor. |
| privation | A state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking. Cold is the privation of heat. |
| reprehensible | Deserving censure or condemnation. His complacency and reprehensible laxity. |
| squalor | The state of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect. They lived in squalor and disease. |
| underprivileged | (of a person) not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of people in a society. The plight of the underprivileged. |
| unfortunate | A person who is considered immoral or lacking in religious faith or instruction, especially a prostitute. Those unfortunates whose lives are marred by poverty. |
| unhappy | Marked by or producing unhappiness. The unhappy truth. |
| unlucky | Having or bringing misfortune. The visitors were unlucky to have a goal disallowed. |
| wretched | Used to express anger or annoyance. She disliked the wretched man intensely. |
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