Since the Depression began they had been living in abject poverty and could only afford the necessities to live.
■ adjective
(of something bad) experienced to the maximum degree: living in abject poverty.
completely without pride or dignity: an abject apology.
Much of the population of the third world live in abject poverty.
being completely miserable
One can define the word abject as existing in a low condition or state. To be the most miserable, hopeless and downtrodden. Synonyms for abject include, degraded, outcast, pitiable.
humiliated
Wretched, miserable, hopeless, pathetic, pitiful are all synonyms for abject
Lowest;twisted
the word rag in a sentence
He is in abject poverty , abject horror
(abject - as in a low or miserable condition, or despicable)The homeless people lived a life of abject poverty.The man's face wore an expression of abject horror.After his girlfriend left him, he was in an abject mood for weeks. (hopeless, despondent)
One can define the word abject as existing in a low condition or state. To be the most miserable, hopeless and downtrodden. Synonyms for abject include, degraded, outcast, pitiable.
humiliated
The Igbo meaning for the word "Abject" of the African origin is nọ ajọ ọnọ; dara ogbenye.
The Hindi word for abject is "เคนเคพเคตเฅ," pronounced as "haavi."
The man's abject actions made many people hate him.
When the Ashanti tribe was defeated in West Africa in 1874 they had to lick the filthy boots of British soldiers clean in an act of abject and total submission to show that they accepted the British as their masters.
The synonym for the word "sordid" is "squalid" or "shameful."
Wretched, miserable, hopeless, pathetic, pitiful are all synonyms for abject
Asinine, although asinine more accurately describes foolishness than abject stupidity.
Abiectus.