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All abjection synonyms

ab·jec·tion
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noun abjection

  • agony — Agony is great physical or mental pain.
  • discomfort — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
  • grief — keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
  • suffering — the state of a person or thing that suffers.
  • despair — Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
  • torment — to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
  • affliction — An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
  • woe — grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
  • anguish — Anguish is great mental suffering or physical pain.
  • depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
  • blue funk — a state of great terror or loss of nerve
  • abject — You use abject to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad.
  • disconsolation — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
  • lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
  • wretchedness — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
  • despondence — state of being despondent; depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection.
  • humility — the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc.
  • humbleness — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
  • subservience — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
  • deference — Deference is a polite and respectful attitude towards someone, especially because they have an important position.
  • servility — slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
  • meekness — humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
  • non-submissive — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
  • poverty — the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. Synonyms: privation, neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury. Antonyms: riches, wealth, plenty.
  • necessitous — destitute or impoverished; needy; indigent: to aid a necessitous young mother.
  • churlish — Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
  • knavish — like or befitting a knave; untrustworthy; dishonest.
  • need — a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
  • neediness — a condition of want or need; poverty; indigence.
  • penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
  • want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
  • impecuniosity — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
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