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# abject

adjective (abject, more abject, most abject)

«abject» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Abject means very miserable, poor and low in condition, with no hope or comfort. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abject/#m1)
2. Abject can also describe fear or apology that is total and humble, as if you have no pride left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abject/#m2)

### In the lessons

a beggar or a prisoner in misery, or a frightened servant who grovels before a master

### Examples

- The beggar lived in abject poverty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abject/#x1)
- The soldier fled in abject fear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abject/#x2)
- He made an abject apology to the king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abject/#x3)
- The prisoners lived in abject misery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abject/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In Psalms the word is a noun, meaning wretched people, perhaps worthless attackers; in Lamentations it means low and wretched.

**Interpretation.** Lamentations pictures Jerusalem as a humbled woman crying to God, and tradition reads it as the people's cry of grief over the destroyed city.

### Examples

- But when I halt they rejoice, and gather themselves together; the abjects gather themselves together against me, and those whom I know not; they tear me, and cease not; (Writings PSA.35.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abject/#x1)
- All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul. 'See, O LORD, and behold, how abject I am become.' (Writings LAM.1.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abject/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «abject» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abject/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«abject» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/abject.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «abject» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abject/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«abject» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/abject.html) on Mova free.