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1. Of the most contemptible kind
   "abject cowardice";
   - low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy
    
2. Most unfortunate or miserable
   "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty"
    
3. Showing utter resignation or hopelessness
   "abject surrender";
   - unhopeful
    
4. Showing humiliation or submissiveness
   "an abject apology"

See also: contemptible, hopeless, submissive, unfortunate

Encyclopedia: Abject, cowardly and infamous surrender