All 4 Uses of
abject
in
Gone with the Wind
- Sometimes a cultured voice came from the shadows: "Madam, my abject apologies for disturbing you, but could I have water for myself and my horse?"†
Chpt 3.19 *
- "If I don't get a hold on myself," she thought, "I'll be squalling like a scalded cat!" and the sight of Prissy's abject terror helped steady her.†
Chpt 3.23
- Still the man stood silent and abject.†
Chpt 4.44
- She had to appease him with the most abject of apologies.†
Chpt 5.56
Definition:
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(abject) extreme (in a negative sense such as misery, hopelessness, submissiveness, cruelty, or cowardice)