Abject vs Paltry - What's the difference?
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(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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trashy, trivial, of little value
meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling
Abject is a related term of paltry.
As adjectives the difference between abject and paltry
is that abject is (obsolete) rejected; cast aside while paltry is trashy, trivial, of little value.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)
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Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l)Adjective
(er)- This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product.
- She made some paltry excuse and left.
- Could someone hope to survive on such a paltry income?
- Student grants these days are paltry , and many students have to take out loans.