as in humble
showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness
demanded nothing less than an abject apology from them
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Recent Examples of abject
Our generosity as a nation extended to those who suffered in other parts of the world, even as millions of people were lifted from abject poverty.
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Linda Chapin, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2025
Your inability to establish a rational, functional and legal system of immigration is an abject failure on your part.
—Peter Cunningham, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
That, Spoelstra said, has been helped by getting greater stability with the rotation, including Andrew Wiggins filling a void that had been the abject disinterest of Jimmy Butler.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025
None of this is to suggest that abject despair is the appropriate response to the rise of authoritarianism in America.
—Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
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Linda Chapin, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2025
Your inability to establish a rational, functional and legal system of immigration is an abject failure on your part.
—Peter Cunningham, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
That, Spoelstra said, has been helped by getting greater stability with the rotation, including Andrew Wiggins filling a void that had been the abject disinterest of Jimmy Butler.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025
None of this is to suggest that abject despair is the appropriate response to the rise of authoritarianism in America.
—Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abject
Adjective
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Still, Hubbard likely didn’t mind, as the humble and grateful fifth-year senior was simply happy his unlikely career would continue.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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On Friday, South Korea’s former President was forced to eat the humble variety after his impeachment over an earlier martial law declaration was unanimously confirmed by the nation’s Constitutional Court.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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So Alex dons a uniform, buses tables and engages in servile labor for the first time in her life.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
23 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s servile devotion to Putin becomes the new norm overnight as Republicans cower in support of Trump’s new Putin policy.—
Bob Kustra,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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One of the film’s most tragic figures is Fred’s meek and traumatized young widow (Norah Mwansa), who is treated abominably by Shula’s aunts.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
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The series stars Purnell (Yellowjackets, Sweetbitter) as Rhiannon Lewis, a meek newspaper-office receptionist who was mercilessly bullied in high school.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
3 Dec. 2024
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“Abject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abject. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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