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How to pronounce “abject”

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Pronunciation guide for abject

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of abject with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Gone With The Mindbecause I felt so abjectly alone,
Definition summary: Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. [from early 15th c.]

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Gone With The Mind

because I felt so abjectly alone,

[Adjective]
Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. [from early 15th c.]
(by extension)
Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile. [from mid 14th c.]
(sociology, usually nominalized) Marginalized as deviant.
[Noun]
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class. [from early 16th c.]
[Verb]
To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior. [from 15th c.]
To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate. [from 15th c.]
(mycology) Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).