Abject vs Mean-spirited - What's the difference?
abject | mean-spirited | Synonyms |
(obsolete) Rejected; cast aside.
Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position.
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Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit.
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Showing utter hopelessness; helplessness; showing resignation; wretched.
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(obsolete) To cast off or out; to reject.
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(obsolete) To cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
English heteronyms
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Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition.
*1877 , , A Knight Of The Nineteenth Century , ch. 15,
*:My old acquaintances would sneer at me as a mean-spirited cur, whose best exploit was to get in jail.
Abject is a synonym of mean-spirited.
As adjectives the difference between abject and mean-spirited
is that abject is (obsolete) rejected; cast aside while mean-spirited is having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition.As a noun abject
is a person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast .As a verb abject
is (obsolete) to cast off or out; to reject .abject
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Etymology 1
* From (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Usage notes
* Nouns to which "abject" is often applied: poverty, fear, terror, submission, misery, failure, state, condition, apology, humility, servitude, manner, coward.Synonyms
* beggarly, contemptible, cringing, degraded, groveling, ignoble, mean, mean-spirited, slavish, vile, worthlessVerb
(en verb)- (John Donne)
