abject
abyecto
definition
adjective
abject poverty
(of a situation or condition) extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading.
an abject apology
(of a person or their behavior) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing.
translation of 'abject'
adjective
miserable,
abyecto,
despreciable,
odioso,
vil
example
In her 'abject' unhappiness she seeks solace in flight, running away from home at age sixteen.
Thus imagine the extent to which, for three quarters of the planet's population, most of whom live in 'abject' and dire poverty, colonialism remains an even more tangible presence.
Now it was back to the bad old days of 'abject' surrender.
I compose 'abject' apologies in my head and fill out the registration form.
On the few occasions I was driven to use such chastisement, it felt like an 'abject' admission of parental failure.
I suppose if you can experience 'abject' terror in dreams there's no reason that the other end of the scale would be excluded.
Are parallels to the anarchic sensibilities of our own 'abject' artists valid?
Surely no financial inducement can be worth such 'abject' loss of dignity.
That would do a whole lot more for civilised and democratic behaviour than 'abject' capitulation to these self-evident hypocrites.
I returned from Siberia to a mountain of furious letters to which I could only write 'abject' apologies.
It is behaviour of such 'abject' venality as to be almost beneath contempt.
It was the voice of someone who sees a beloved heading blindly and merrily to certain failure and 'abject' disappointment.
The regime controlled every aspect of life and reduced everyone to the level of 'abject' obedience through terror.
We cannot claim to be enjoying 15 years of Independence, while some groups live in ‘slavery’, misery and 'abject' poverty.
‘My humour is often mistaken for 'abject' misery,’ he snorts.
Fine: then what is called for now is not triumphalism and gloating, but an 'abject' apology.
He looked about at all the imitations of himself, like a ring of mirrors each showing California in a state of 'abject' want.
We were shattered by dad's death and my mother [Isla] was especially in a state of 'abject' grief.
And now here I was, sitting next to the girl who had petrified me for most of my school years, and watching how 'abject' misery had smudged her beauty.
Since they are 'abject' human beings, he implies, he does not have to engage them at that level.
My behaviour, when I am conducting perfectly legitimate activity such as registering an insurance claim, is one of 'abject' apology.
People are having fun in this town, it's not all poverty and 'abject' misery.
There has not been a global pandemic flu since the Spanish flu of 1918 and yet we are all in a state of 'abject' fear about the bird flu of 2005.
I'm usually a sucker for full-on bad taste, but this was just so 'abject' .
The setting is one of 'abject' poverty and misery, yet the upbeat caption tells us that even victims of disaster need a good shoeshine.
I mean, when I think of Cambodia in the 1970s, I think 'abject' misery, suffering and genocide on a Stalin-like scale.
The thrust of both books is his failure to protect the national interests of Britain and his 'abject' subservience to the United States.
She undoubtedly lost consciousness and when she came round, she was in a state of 'abject' terror and hysteria.
Grant did not affect the mock shock of someone who has experienced 'abject' poverty first-hand for the first time on any of her trips.
Apologies, official, 'abject' , routinely demanded, and formally offered, are considered not just a right but a requirement.
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