| abject definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | miserable | 105 sets |
| 2 | most unfortunate or miserable | 66 sets |
| 3 | miserable, pitiful | 56 sets |
| 4 | (of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self-respect; ex. abject apology | 53 sets |
| 5 | wretched, pitiful | 40 sets |
| 6 | degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved | 39 sets |
| 7 | deserving contempt; sunk to a low condition; wretched | 34 sets |
| 8 | wretched | 28 sets |
| 9 | hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated | 24 sets |
| 10 | miserable; hopeless; horrible | 24 sets |
| 11 | adj. sunk to a low condition. | 22 sets |
| 12 | hopeless | 21 sets |
| 13 | (adj.) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved | 20 sets |
| 14 | most miserable; wretched | 20 sets |
| 15 | utterly hopeless | 19 sets |
| 16 | (adj.) - of the most miserable or contemptible kind | 19 sets |
| 17 | wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter | 19 sets |
| 18 | most miserable; wretched. | 18 sets |
| 19 | miserable; wretched | 18 sets |
| 20 | degraded | 16 sets |
| 21 | sunk to a low condition | 16 sets |
| 22 | humiliating and miserable | 15 sets |
| 23 | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition | 14 sets |
| 24 | utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched | 14 sets |
| 25 | showing humiliation or submissiveness | 14 sets |
| 26 | adj. of the lowest degree, brought low in condition | 13 sets |
| 27 | of the most miserable or contemptible kind | 13 sets |
| 28 | lowly, miserable and wretched | 13 sets |
| 29 | sunk to a low condition. | 13 sets |
| 30 | servile, cringing, slavish, obsequious | 12 sets |
| 31 | humiliating, miserable | 12 sets |
| 32 | wretched, lacking pride | 12 sets |
| 33 | brought low in condition or status; wretched | 11 sets |
| 34 | hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated; utterly bummed out | 11 sets |
| 35 | wretched, miserable | 11 sets |
| 36 | wretched; lacking pride | 11 sets |
| 37 | adj. wretched; lacking pride | 10 sets |
| 38 | lofty, noble, exalted | 10 sets |
| 39 | (adj.) wretched, pitiful (after losing all her money, falling into a puddle, and breaking her ankle, eloise was ___. | 9 sets |
| 40 | extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading | 9 sets |