English-Italian translations for abject

• abbietto
• abietto
  Bisogna evitare a ogni costo che in negoziati si blocchino dopo ogni incidente, per quanto drammatico, abietto e riprovevole che sia. We must at all costs avoid the stalling of negotiations after every incident, however tragic, however abject and reprehensible it may be.
  L’ho detto allora e lo ripeto: è ora di ammettere che questa forma di governo europeo è un abietto fallimento e va abolita. I said then and I will say again that it is time to admit that this form of European government is an abject failure and that it should be abolished.

Definition of abject

• Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position.
• Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit.
• Showing utter hopelessness, helplessness; showing resignation; wretched.
• Rejected; cast aside.
• A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast.
• To cast off or out; to reject.
• To cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.

Related words

• abjection
• abjectly
• abjectness
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