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abject
(mass) | abject
- biedny |
abject
(encz) | abject,bídný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
abject
(encz) | abject,pokleslý adj: Jarka Krutovlnka |
Abject
(gcide) | Abject \Ab*ject"\ ([a^]b*j[e^]kt"), v. t. [From Abject, a.]
To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower;
to debase. [Obs.] --Donne.
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Abject
(gcide) | Abject \Ab"ject\ ([a^]b"j[e^]kt), n.
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a
castaway. [Obs.]
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Shall these abjects, these victims, these outcasts,
know any thing of pleasure? --I. Taylor.
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abject
(gcide) | abject \ab"ject\ ([a^]b"j[e^]kt), a. [L. abjectus, p. p. of
abjicere to throw away; ab + jacere to throw. See Jet a
shooting forth.]
1. Cast down; low-lying. [Obs.]
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From the safe shore their floating carcasses
And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown
Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood.
--Milton.
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2. Degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject
posture, fortune, thoughts. "Base and abject flatterers."
--Addison. "An abject liar." --Macaulay.
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And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. --Shak.
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3. Sunk to a low condition; down in spirit or hope;
miserable; -- of persons.
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4. Humiliating; degrading; wretched; -- of situations; as,
abject poverty.
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Syn: Mean; groveling; cringing; mean-spirited; slavish;
ignoble; worthless; vile; beggarly; contemptible;
degraded.
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abject
(wn) | abject
adj 1: of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low
stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable
treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a
scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" [syn: abject, low,
low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy]
2: most unfortunate or miserable; "the most abject slaves joined
in the revolt"; "abject poverty"
3: showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender"
[syn: abject, unhopeful]
4: showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject apology" |
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(encz) | abject despair,nejhlubší zoufalství |
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(encz) | abject imitation,otrocká imitace abject imitation,otrocká napodobenina |
abject misery
(encz) | abject misery,nejhorší bída |
abjection
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abjectly
(encz) | abjectly,bídně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
abjectness
(encz) | abjectness,zavrženíhodnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Abject
(gcide) | Abject \Ab*ject"\ ([a^]b*j[e^]kt"), v. t. [From Abject, a.]
To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower;
to debase. [Obs.] --Donne.
[1913 Webster]Abject \Ab"ject\ ([a^]b"j[e^]kt), n.
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a
castaway. [Obs.]
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Shall these abjects, these victims, these outcasts,
know any thing of pleasure? --I. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]abject \ab"ject\ ([a^]b"j[e^]kt), a. [L. abjectus, p. p. of
abjicere to throw away; ab + jacere to throw. See Jet a
shooting forth.]
1. Cast down; low-lying. [Obs.]
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From the safe shore their floating carcasses
And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown
Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood.
--Milton.
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2. Degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject
posture, fortune, thoughts. "Base and abject flatterers."
--Addison. "An abject liar." --Macaulay.
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And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. --Shak.
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3. Sunk to a low condition; down in spirit or hope;
miserable; -- of persons.
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4. Humiliating; degrading; wretched; -- of situations; as,
abject poverty.
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Syn: Mean; groveling; cringing; mean-spirited; slavish;
ignoble; worthless; vile; beggarly; contemptible;
degraded.
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Abjectedness
(gcide) | Abjectedness \Ab*ject"ed*ness\ ([a^]b*j[e^]kt"[e^]d*n[e^]s), n.
A very abject or low condition; abjectness. [R.] --Boyle.
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Abjection
(gcide) | Abjection \Ab*jec"tion\ ([a^]b*j[e^]k"sh[u^]n), n. [F.
abjection, L. abjectio.]
1. The act of bringing down or humbling. "The abjection of
the king and his realm." --Joye.
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2. The state of being rejected or cast out. [R.]
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An abjection from the beatific regions where God,
and his angels and saints, dwell forever. --Jer.
Taylor.
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3. A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement;
degradation.
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That this should be termed baseness, abjection of
mind, or servility, is it credible? --Hooker.
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Abjectly
(gcide) | Abjectly \Ab"ject*ly\ ([a^]b"j[e^]kt*l[y^]), adv.
Meanly; servilely.
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Abjectness
(gcide) | Abjectness \Ab"ject*ness\ ([a^]b"j[e^]kt*n[e^]s), n.
The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.
--Grew.
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abjection
(wn) | abjection
n 1: a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into
an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken [syn: abasement,
degradation, abjection] |
abjectly
(wn) | abjectly
adv 1: in a hopeless resigned manner; "she shrugged her
shoulders abjectly" [syn: abjectly, resignedly] |
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