abjectadjectiveCollocations from other entriesCollocations from the corpusPhrases from this entryCorpus examplesabjectabjectab‧ject /Eˆ?¦bdE’ekt/ adjectiveDate: 1400-1500 Language: Latin Origin: past participle of abicere, from ab-â€?away’ + jacereâ€?to throw’ 1abject poverty/misery/failure etcVERY the state of being extremely poor, unhappy, unsuccessful etc2VERYan abject action or expression shows that you feel very ashamed: an abject apology—abjectlyabjectly adverb