abject

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ab·ject BrE [ˈæbdʒekt] NAmE [ˈæbdʒekt] adjective usually before noun (formal)
1. terrible and without hope
•abject poverty/misery/failure
2. without any pride or respect for yourself
•an abject apology
Derived Word: ↑abjectly

Word Origin:
[abject abjectly] late Middle English (in the sense ‘rejected’): from Latin abjectus, past participle of abicere ‘reject’, from ab- ‘away’ + jacere ‘to throw’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  unhopeful, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy