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Definition: ABJECTNESS |
ABJECTNESSNoun1. The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. |
Date "ABJECTNESS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disrepute | Noun: disrepute, discredit; ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor; disapprobation; ingloriousness, derogation; abasement, debasement; abjectness; Adjective: degradation, dedecoration; a long farewell to all my greatness; odium, obloquy, opprobrium, ignominy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: ABJECTNESS |
| English words defined with "ABJECTNESS": Abjectedness. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ABJECTNESS": Abjectedness. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | These sbirri seemed a compound of the abjectness of the beggar and the authority of the executioner. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "ABJECTNESS" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ABJECTNESS" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "ABJECTNESS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | خسة (baseness, ignobility, littleness, lowness, meanness, sordidness, villainy), الذل (debasement). (various references) | |
Dutch | vuigheid (abjection), verootmoediging (abasement, abjection), vernedering (abasement, abjection), laaghartigheid (abjection), gemeenheid (abjection), diepe vernedering (abjection). (various references) | |
French | abjection (abjection). (various references) | |
Frisian | fernedering (abasement, abjection). (various references) | |
German | Verworfenheit (crookedness, depravation, depravity, turpitude). (various references) | |
Icelandic | auðmýing (abasement, abjection), litillækkun (abasement, abjection). (various references) | |
Italian | abiettitudine. (various references) | |
Manx | treihys (abjection, desolation, desolation of persons, fragility, haggardness, misery, pallor, pathos, sallowness, wanness, wretchedness), kercheenys (abjection, base meanness, baseness, dependency, servility, shabbiness, slavishness, vileness, wretchedness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abjectnessay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vileza , degradac,a~o. (various references) | |
Romanian | abjecţie (degradation, humiliation). (various references) | |
Russian | низость (abjection, baseness, filth, lowness, meanness, rascality, rottenness, turpitude). (various references) | |
Spanish | abyeccio/n. (various references) | |
Swedish | förödmjukelse (abasement, abjection, humiliation, indignity, mortification). (various references) | |
Turkish | alçaklik (abjection), sefillik (abjection, wretchedness), bayağılık (abjection, banality, coarseness, commonness, inferiority, platitude, shoddy, tawdriness, vulgarism, vulgarity). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự thấp hèn (abjection), sự khốn nạn, sự hèn hạ (abjection, servility), sự đê tiện (abjection, beggarliness, ignobility, ignobleness, scabbiness, servility), sự đáng khinh sự khốn khổ. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ABJECTNESS": abjectnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ABJECTNESS" (pronounced 'Ab"ject*ness'): Abjectedness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness, Affectedness, Affectionateness, Afflictedness, Affluentness, Affrontiveness, Agedness, Agileness, Agreeableness, Airiness, Alacriousness, Albiness, Alertness, Algidness, Alimentariness, Alimentiveness, Allness, Allowableness, Allusiveness, Almightiness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Alterableness, Alternateness, Alternativeness, Amativeness, Amazedness, Ambidextrousness, Ambiguousness, Ambitiousness, Amenableness, Amiableness, Amicableness, Amorousness, Ampleness, Analogicalness, Ancientness, Angelicalness, Angriness, Angularness, Anileness, Animalness, Animoseness, Anomalousness, Anonymousness, Answerableness, Anticness, Antiquatedness, Antiquateness, Antiqueness, Anxiousness, Apartness, Apertness, Apetalousness, Apishness, Apocryphalness, Apostolicalness, Apparentness, Appellativeness, Apportionateness, Appreciativeness, Apprehensiveness, Approachableness, Approbativeness, Appropriateness, Aptness, Aqueousness, Arbitrariness, Archness, Ardentness, Arduousness, Arguteness, Aridness, Arrogantness, Artfulness, Articulateness, Artificialness, ARTLESSNESS, Associableness, Assuredness, Attainableness, Audaciousness, Audibleness, Augustness, Austereness, Authenticalness, Authenticness, Availableness, Averseness, Awesomeness, Awfulness, Awlessness, Backhandedness, backwardness, Badness, Baldness, Balefulness, Barbarousness, Barefacedness, Bareness, Barrenness, Baseness, Bashfulness, Bawdiness, Beaminess, Beardlessness, Bearishness, Beastliness, Becomingness, Beeriness, Beggarliness, Beholdingness, Beneficialness, Betterness, Bewilderedness, Bewitchedness, Bigness, Biliousness, Bindingness, Bitterness, Blackness, Blamelessness, Blandness, Blankness, Bleareyedness, Blessedness, Blindness, Blitheness, Bloatedness, Blondness, Bloodiness, Bloomingness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Bodiliness, Boisterousness, Boldness, Boniness, Bonniness, Boskiness, Boyishness, Brackishness, Branchiness, Brassiness, Braveness, Brawniness, Brazenness, Breathableness, Breathlessness, Breeziness, Brickleness, Briefness, brightness, Brilliantness, Brininess, Brinishness, Briskness, Bristliness, Brittleness, Broadness, Brokenness, Brotelness, Brotherliness, Brownness, Brushiness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Bugginess, Bulkiness, Bumptiousness, Bunchiness, Burliness, Bushiness, Business, Butcherliness, Calcareousness, Calmness, Candidness, Canniness, Canonicalness, Canorousness, Capableness, Capaciousness, Capillariness, Capitalness, Captiousness, Carefulness, Carelessness, Carnal-mindedness, Casualness, Categoricalness, Catholicness, Causelessness, Causticness, Cautiousness, Cavalierness, Ceremonialness, Ceremoniousness, Certainness, Chalkiness, Championness, Changeableness, Chargeableness, Chariness, Charitableness, Chasteness, Chattiness, Cheapness, Cheatableness, Cheerfulness, Cheeriness, Cheerisness, Cheesiness, Childishness, Childlessness, Childness, Chilliness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Christianness, Chubbedness, Chuffiness, Churchliness, Churlishness, Circumspectness, Clamminess, Cleanliness, Cleanness, Clearedness, Clearness, Clear-sightedness, Clerkliness, Cleverness, Clogginess, Closeness, Cloudiness, Clownishness, Clumsiness, Coarseness, Cognateness, Coldness, Collateralness, Collectedness, Collectiveness, Combativeness, Combustibleness, Comeliness, Comfortableness, Commensurateness, Commodiousness, Commonness, Commonplaceness, Communicativeness, Commutableness, Compactedness, Compactness, Compassionateness, Compatibleness, Compendiousness, Completeness, Complexedness, Complexness, Complicateness, Comprehensibleness, Comprehensiveness, Compressibleness, Concaveness, Conceitedness, Concentrativeness, Conciseness, Conclusiveness, Concreteness, Concupiscibleness, Concurrentness, Condignness, Conducibleness, Conduciveness, Confidentness, Confirmedness, Conformableness, Confoundedness, Confusedness, Congealedness, Congenialness, Conicalness, Conjointness, Conjunctiveness, Connaturalness, Conscientiousness, Conscionableness, Consciousness, Consecutiveness, Consequentialness, Conservativeness, Considerableness, Consonantness, Constructiveness, Consumptiveness, Contagiousness, Contemplativeness, Contemporariness, Contemptibleness, Contemptuousness, Contingentness, Contractedness, Contractibleness, Contradictoriness, Contrariness, Contriteness, Controllableness, Conversableness, Convertibleness, Convexedness, Convexness, Convincingness, Coolness, Coordinateness, Copiousness, Cordialness, Corkiness, Corporealness, Correctness, Correlativeness, Corrigibleness, Corrosibleness, Corruptness, Costiveness, Costliness, Courageousness, Courteousness, Courtliness, Covertness, Covetiveness, Covetousness, Cowardliness, Coyness, Coziness, Cradgedness, Craftiness, Cragginess, Crankiness, Crankness, Crassness, Crazedness, Craziness, Creaminess, Creativeness, Credibleness, Creditableness. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-j-n-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: absences. | |
-3 letters: absence, absents, ascents, cetanes, ectases, encases, entases, jessant, sateens, seances, secants, sejeant, senates, senecas, sensate, stances, tenaces. | |
-4 letters: abject, absent, ascent, assent, basest, basset, bastes, beasts, beaten, besets, castes, ceases, censes, centas, cestas, cetane, ejecta, ejects, enacts, enates, encase, sanest, sateen, scants, scenas, scenes, scents, seance, secant, sejant, senate, seneca, stance, stanes, teases, tenace, tenses. | |
-5 letters: abets, acnes, antes, asset, banes, bases, baste, basts, bates, beans, beast, beats, beets, benes, bents, beset, bests, betas, canes, canst, cants, cases, caste, casts, cates, cease, cense, cents, cesta, cetes, eases, easts, eaten, eject, enact, enate, etnas, janes, jeans, jesse, jests, jetes, nabes, nates, neats, nests, sabes, sanes, sates, scabs, scans, scant, scats, scena, scene, scent, seats, sects, sensa, sense, sente, setae, stabs, stane, tabes, taces, tajes, tasse, tease, teens, tense. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-e-j-n-s-s-t" | |
+2 letters: abjectnesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 42 4A 45 43 54 4E 45 53 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... .--- . -.-. - -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000010 01001010 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001110 01000101 01010011 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A B J E C T N E S S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0042 004A 0045 0043 0054 004E 0045 0053 0053 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35364439375448395353 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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