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
Drebin doesn’t realize the car is still plugged in and drives off, leading to abject chaos as a prison wall crumbles down and criminals flee.
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Barry Levitt, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
This contract year has been an abject nightmare for him.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 28 July 2025
The president wants exactly the reverse from California, and seems most compliant with California desires when they are addressed to him with abject obsequiousness.
—Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
The show isn’t your standard true-crime fare, leaning into the abject ridiculousness of the worlds that Larry inhabited.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2025
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Barry Levitt, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
This contract year has been an abject nightmare for him.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 28 July 2025
The president wants exactly the reverse from California, and seems most compliant with California desires when they are addressed to him with abject obsequiousness.
—Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
The show isn’t your standard true-crime fare, leaning into the abject ridiculousness of the worlds that Larry inhabited.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abject
Adjective
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This includes the humble Kerner, a grape that has Riesling-like qualities.—
Tom Hyland,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Corden had called Ayres shortly after the game just to congratulate the goalie — the host and performer saw a little of his own story as a humble middle-class son of a Bible salesman who’d put in the hard work and was touched by fate.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Bahrain is ruled by Sunnis and has a mostly Shiite population permanently restless over its servile condition.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2025
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His servile defense secretary has threatened to deploy the military in other cities.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Subsequently, Pakistan also bargained down the new American tariffs on its goods from 29% to 19% — relatively meek next to India’s rate.—
Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
14 Aug. 2025
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That 19% share is meek compared with where U.S. investors are most intensely busy – in states with small populations and tourism hooks.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
21 July 2025
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“Abject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abject. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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