All 3 Uses of
abject
in
Crime and Punishment
- This was not because he was cowardly and abject, quite the contrary; but for some time past he had been in an overstrained irritable condition, verging on hypochondria.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- The abjectness!†
Chpt 3.6
- He is the most depraved, and abjectly vicious specimen of that class of men.†
Chpt 4.2
Definition:
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(abject) extreme (in a negative sense such as misery, hopelessness, submissiveness, cruelty, or cowardice)