abject

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

These whelpes of the first lytter of gentilitie, these exhalations, drawen vp to the heauen of honour from the dunghill of abiect fortune, haue long been on horsebacke to come riding to your diuellship; but, I know not how, lyke Saint George, they are alwaies mounted but neuer moue.

VVhen as thoſe fallovv Deere, and huge-hancht Stags that graz'd / Vpon her ſhaggy Heaths, the paſſenger amaz'd / To ſee their mighty Heards, vvith high-palmd heads to threat / The vvoods of o'regrovvne Oakes; as though they meant to ſet / Their hornes to th'others heights. / But novv, both thoſe and theſe / Are by vile gaine deuour'd: So abiect are our daies.

Complete; downright; utter.

abject failure   abject nonsense   abject terror

Lord Howard of Escrick accused [John] Ayloffe of proposing to assassinate the Duke of York; but Lord Howard was an abject liar; and this story was not part of his original confession, but was added afterwards by way of supplement, and therefore deserves no credit whatever.

Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.

The Roots of this Plant [healing wolfsbane (Aconitum anthora)] increaſe abundantly, ſoon overrunning a large Piece of Ground, therefore ſhould be confin'd in ſome abject Part of the Garden, or planted under Trees, it being very hardy, and growing in almoſt every Soil or Situation.

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

Oh Noble Lord, bethinke thee of thy birth, / Call home thy ancient thoughts from baniſhment, / And baniſh hence theſe abiect lovvlie dreames: […]

O that I vvere a God, to ſhoot forth Thunder / Vpon theſe paltry, ſeruile, abiect Drudges: / Small things make baſe men proud.

Marginalized as deviant.

The abject can easily be grafted onto the immigrant body, which is often conceived as something to be excluded in order to preserve a coherent yet racist national imaginary.

The disclosure of tolerance's hidden phobic lining fits in well with queer theory's embrace of the abject.

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

Nevertheleſſe he thatt comfortith the abiecte⸝ comforted vs at the cõmynge of Titus.

VVe are the Queenes abiects and muſt obey.

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

[…] Dauid durſt not touch Saul, though he vvas abiected by God.

Rather than abjecting her own fat body, the Ipecac-taking fat girl is abjecting diet culture.

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.

What phrases of abjecting themselves, in respect of the prince, can exceed David's humble expressing of himself to Saul?

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