Clues for the word "ABJECT"
We've had 25 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 46 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on March 11, 2026.
Definition of abject
- a. - Cast down; low-lying.
- a. - Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.
- a. - To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
- n. - A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.
Referring Clues
- Sorry
- Wretched
- Spiritless
- Hangdog
- Miserable
- Utterly hopeless
- Utterly miserable
- Hopeless
- Showing hopelessness
- The absolute worst
- Truly wretched
- Wretched, as poverty
- Deeply miserable
- Despicable
- Miserable article, thing written without love
- Forlorn - humiliated
- Pathetic thing with a replacement for old ...
- Target area for old base
- Hopeless sailor caught in stream
- Wretched sailor getting cold in stream
- Servile
- Bad, like some failures
- Utterly wretched
- Truly hopeless
- Word with failure or terror
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - March 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - June 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 03, 2024
- New York Times - June 21, 2024
- LA Times - November 19, 2023
- Guardian Quiptic - August 28, 2017
- LA Times - February 16, 2017
- New York Times - November 10, 2016
- Guardian Quick - April 15, 2015
- New York Times - August 27, 2014
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - June 23, 2014
- Guardian Quick - May 02, 2014
- Guardian Quick - January 30, 2014
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - December 30, 2013
- Guardian Prize - August 10, 2013
- New York Times - August 07, 2013
- Universal - May 30, 2013
- Washington Post - March 31, 2013
- New York Times - February 11, 2013
- Netword - February 07, 2013
- USA Today - October 30, 2012
- Guardian Quiptic - September 24, 2012
- Washington Post - August 15, 2012
- LA Times - July 27, 2012
- USA Today - April 06, 2012
- Guardian Quick - January 17, 2012
- Guardian Quiptic - September 12, 2011
- And in 16 more crossword puzzles...