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'æb‹ekt(miserable; wretched: abject poverty.) abyecto- abjectlytr['æbʤekt]1 (conditions) abyecto,-a2 (person) despreciable, vilabject ['æb.ʤɛkt, æb'-] adj1) wretched: miserable, desdichado2) hopeless: abatido, desesperado3) servile: servilabject flattery: halagos serviles♦ abjectly advadj.• abatido, -a adj.• abyecto, -a adj.• dejado, -a adj.• despreciable adj.• humillado, -a adj.• rastrero, -a adj.• vil adj.'æbdʒektadjective (frml) (before n)a) <slave/flattery/cowardice> abyecto, vil (liter)b) < condition> lamentable['æbdʒekt]ADJ1) (=wretched) [condition] deplorable; [state] lamentable2) (=grovelling) sumisowe received an abject apology from the travel company — recibimos una carta de la agencia de viajes deshaciéndose en disculpas
3) (as intensifier) [misery, failure] absoluto; [stupidity] supino; [cowardice] abyecto, vil liter; [surrender] indigno* * *['æbdʒekt]adjective (frml) (before n)a) <slave/flattery/cowardice> abyecto, vil (liter)b) < condition> lamentable
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