Definition of "abject" in English

adjective

1. Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.

2. Complete; downright; utter.

   • abject failure   abject nonsense   abject terror

3. Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.

4. Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.

5. (sociology, usually nominalized) Marginalized as deviant.

noun

1. A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.

verb

1. To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.

2. To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.

3. (mycology) Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).