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Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. / (chiefly with a negative connotation) Complete; downright; utter.

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abject

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Source Word

abject

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈæbd͡ʒɛkt/

Adjective

broadly with a negative connotation rare

Japanese Meaning

惨めな、みじめな状態にある / 卑劣な、軽蔑すべき / 徹底的な、全くの（否定的表現として用いられる）

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After losing his job and his home, he lived in abject despair for months.

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仕事も家も失った後、彼は数か月間ひどくみじめな絶望の中で暮らした。

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Sense（1）

Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.

These whelpes of the first lytter of gentilitie, these exhalations, drawen vp to the heauen of honour from the dunghill of abiect fortune, haue long been on horsebacke to come riding to your diuellship; but, I know not how, lyke Saint George, they are alwaies mounted but neuer moue.

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Sense（2）

(chiefly with a negative connotation) Complete; downright; utter.

abject failure abject nonsense abject terror

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Sense（3）

(rare) Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.

The Roots of this Plant [healing wolfsbane (Aconitum anthora)] increaſe abundantly, ſoon overrunning a large Piece of Ground, therefore ſhould be confin'd in ſome abject Part of the Garden, or planted under Trees, it being very hardy, and growing in almoſt every Soil or Situation.

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