All 3 Uses of
abject
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- When the agony of shame had passed from him he tried to raise his soul from its abject powerlessness.†
Chpt 3 *
- Far away from there in some dark place he would murmur out his own shame; and he besought God humbly not to be offended with him if he did not dare to confess in the college chapel and in utter abjection of spirit he craved forgiveness mutely of the boyish hearts about him.†
Chpt 3
- And, cowering in darkness and abject, he prayed mutely to his guardian angel to drive away with his sword the demon that was whispering to his brain.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(abject) extreme (in a negative sense such as misery, hopelessness, submissiveness, cruelty, or cowardice)