different between repentant vs abject
repentant
English
Etymology
From Old French repentant, present participle of repentir.
Adjective
repentant (comparative more repentant, superlative most repentant)
- Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:remorseful
Antonyms
- unrepentant
Related terms
- repent (verb)
- repentance (noun)
Translations
Noun
repentant (plural repentants)
- One who repents; a penitent.
Anagrams
- penetrant
French
Verb
repentant
- present participle of repentir
Adjective
repentant (feminine singular repentante, masculine plural repentants, feminine plural repentantes)
- repentant
Further reading
- “repentant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- arpentent, pénétrant
Middle French
Verb
repentant (feminine singular repentante, masculine plural repentans, feminine plural repentantes)
- present participle of repentir
- (may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of repentir
Old French
Adjective
repentant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular repentant or repentante)
- repentant
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abject
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?æb.d???kt/, enPR: ?b?j?kt
- (attributive): (US) IPA(key): /?æb.d???kt/, enPR: ?b?j?kt
- (postpositive): (US) IPA(key): /æb?d???kt/, enPR: ?bj?kt?
- Rhymes: -?kt
Etymology 1
From Middle English abiect (“outcast, wretched”), from Latin abiectus, past participle of abici? (“to throw away, cast off, to reject”), from ab- (“away”) +? iaci? (“to throw”).
Adjective
abject (comparative abjecter or more abject, superlative abjectest or most abject)
- Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- Showing utter hopelessness, helplessness; showing resignation; wretched. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- (obsolete) Rejected; cast aside. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the early 17th century.]
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, worthless
Related terms
Translations
Noun
abject (plural abjects)
- A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast. [from late 15h c.]
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English abjecten, derived from the adjective form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æb?d??kt/
Verb
abject (third-person singular simple present abjects, present participle abjecting, simple past and past participle abjected)
- (transitive, obsolete) To cast off or out; to reject. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17th century.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17th century.]
- a. 1631, John Donne, a sermon
- What phrases of abjecting themselves, in respect of the prince, can exceed David's humble expressing of himself to Saul?
- a. 1631, John Donne, a sermon
Related terms
Translations
References
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French abject, from Latin abiectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?j?kt/
- Hyphenation: ab?ject
- Rhymes: -?kt
Adjective
abject (comparative abjecter, superlative abjectst)
- reprehensible, despicable, abject
Inflection
Derived terms
- abjectheid
French
Etymology
From Latin abiectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.??kt/
Adjective
abject (feminine singular abjecte, masculine plural abjects, feminine plural abjectes)
- (literary) Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile; despicable.
- (literary, obsolete) Of the lowest social position.
Usage notes
- Abject lacks the idea of groveling, of moral degradation over time that is present in the English word.
Derived terms
- abjectement
Related terms
- abjection
Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: abjekt
- ? Romanian: abject
Further reading
- “abject” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French abject, from Latin abiectus.
Adjective
abject m or n (feminine singular abject?, masculine plural abjec?i, feminine and neuter plural abjecte)
- abject
Declension
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