adj cast down; low-lying.
2. abject ·noun a person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.
3. abject ·adj sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.
4. abject ·adj to cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.