All 6 Uses of
abject
in
Man And Superman
- You went to her and held the guilty secret over her head, leading her a life of abject terror and humiliation by threatening to tell on her.†
Chpt 1 *
- I meant well—I apologize—abjectly apologize.†
Chpt 1
- Oh, I protest against this vile abjection of youth to age! look at fashionable society as you know it.†
Chpt 2
- Yet all his civilization is founded on his cowardice, on his abject tameness, which he calls his respectability.†
Chpt 3
- He may be abject as a citizen; but he is dangerous as a fanatic.†
Chpt 3
- [pleading abjectly] Don't be hard on me, Hector.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(abject) extreme (in a negative sense such as misery, hopelessness, submissiveness, cruelty, or cowardice)