abject

abject is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Cast down; low-lying. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 21 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Cast down; low-lying.
2. adjective. Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.
3. adjective. To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
4. noun. A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.
5. adjective. showing humiliation or submissiveness

   "an abject apology"

6. adjective. of the most contemptible kind

   "abject cowardice"

   "a low stunt to pull"

   Synonyms: low, miserable, scummy, scurvy

7. adjective. most unfortunate or miserable

   "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"

   "abject poverty"

8. adjective. showing utter resignation or hopelessness

   "abject surrender"

   Synonyms: unhopeful

Synonyms

low, miserable, scummy, scurvy, unhopeful

Common word forms

abjectly, abjectness

Words from these letters

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