abysmal
Syllables: a·bys·mal/əˈbɪz.məl/
abysmal adjective: pertaining to, or resembling an abyss.
Adjective
abysmal (comparative more abysmal, superlative most abysmal)
- Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss.
- The latter [geology] gives one the same sort of bewildering view of the abysmal extent of Time that Astronomy does of Space.1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- unending, profound, fathomless, immeasurable
- Extremely bad; terrible.
- Robben curled an effort against the foot of the post from the edge of the box after being gifted the ball by an abysmal clearance from keeper Stephan Andersen.2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport
abysmal meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
abysmal in Hindi
- बहुत बुरा, बहुत घटिया प्रकार का, अगाध, अथाह, नितलीय, बहुत खराब
abysmal in Urdu
- اتھاہ
abysmal in Bengali
- অত্যন্ত খারাপ, শোচনীয়
abysmal in Malayalam
- അഗാധമായ, അടികാണാത്ത, അത്യധികമായ, വളരെ മോശമായ, അങ്ങേയറ്റം ചീത്തയായ, അടികാണാത്ത ഗർത്തം
More languagesFewer languages
- abysmal in Kannada
- ಭಯಂಕರವಾದ, ಘೋರ, ರುದ್ರ
- abysmal in Persian
- مغاکمانند maġâk-mânand, ژرفناک žarf-nâk, وحشتناک vahšat-nâk, افتضاح eftezâh
Synonyms of abysmal
Antonyms
Forms of abysmal
| comparative | more abysmal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most abysmal |
Origin of abysmal
From abysm + -al. Compare abyssal.
Words formed from abysmal
Words that rhyme with abysmal
Questions about abysmal
- What does abysmal mean?
- Abysmal means pertaining to, or resembling an abyss.
- What is abysmal in Hindi?
- Abysmal in Hindi is बहुत बुरा, बहुत घटिया प्रकार का, अगाध. See Abysmal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is abysmal?
- Abysmal is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce abysmal?
- Abysmal is pronounced /əˈbɪz.məl/.
Words near abysmal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: abysmal (page history and authors); abysmal (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abysmal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abysmal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abysmal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abysmal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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