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abject

adjective C2
MEANING IN ENGLISH

experienced to the maximum degree, especially something bad or miserable; completely hopeless

In context

01

Slum dwellers struggled every day against abject poverty and lack of clean water.

02

They lived in abject poverty.

Synonyms

wretched,miserable,deplorable

Antonyms

fortunate,noble,exalted

Collocations

abject poverty,abject misery,abject failure

Sources

Bidyazo vocabulary library ↗