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abject (adjective):
1 : sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe
2a : cast down in spirit : servile, spiritless
b : showing hopelessness or resignation
3 : expressing or offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Abject comes from “abjectus,” the past participle of the Latin verb abicere, meaning “to cast off.” Its original meaning in English was “cast off” or “rejected,” but it is now used to refer more broadly to things in a low state or condition. “Abject” shares with “mean,” “ignoble,” and “sordid” the sense of being below the normal standards of human decency and dignity. “Abject” may imply degradation, debasement, or servility (“abject poverty”). “Mean” suggests having such repellent characteristics as small-mindedness, ill temper, or cupidity (“mean and petty satire”). “Ignoble” suggests a loss or lack of some essential high quality of mind or spirit (“an ignoble scramble after material possessions”). “Sordid” is stronger than all of these in stressing physical or spiritual degradation and lowness (“a sordid story of murder and revenge”).
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