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abysmal

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a·bys·mal  (-bzml)
adj.
1. Resembling an abyss in depth; unfathomable.
2. Very profound; limitless: abysmal misery.
3. Very bad: an abysmal performance.

a·bysmal·ly adv.

abysmal
Adjective
Informal extremely bad [Medieval Latin abysmus abyss]
abysmally adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.abysmal - very great; limitless; "abysmal misery"; "abysmal stupidity"
immeasurable, immensurable, unmeasurable, unmeasured - impossible to measure; "unmeasurable reaches of outer space"
2.abysmal - resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable; "the abyssal depths of the ocean"
deep - having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep"

abysmal
adjective dreadful, bad, terrible, awful, appalling, dismal, dire, ghastly, hideous, atrocious, godawful (informal)
Translations
abysmal [əˈbɪzməl] adjpésimo; [ignorance] → supino

abysmal [əˈbɪzməl] adjexécrable; [ignorance etc] → sans bornes

abysmal [əˈbɪzməl] adjentsetzlich;
(ignorance etc) → grenzenlos

abysmal [əˈbɪzməl] adjspaventoso/a

abysmal
adj abysmal [əˈbizməl]
very great (in a bad sense); very bad abysmal ignorance; The weather is abysmal. verskriklik سَحِيق، عَمِيق، مُطْبق скапан příšerný elendig; umådelig ringe furchtbar ζοφερός, απερίγραπτος pésimo hirmus وحشتناک hirveä insondable נוֹרָא अथाह krajnje loš feneketlen buruk sekali botnlaust, mjög (slæmt) abissale 底知れぬほど 심한, 심연의 pasibaisėtinas ļoti slikts; bezgalīgs teruk afgrijselijk bunnløs, skrekkelig bezdenny, fatalny terrível abominabil; înspăimân­tător ужасный príšerný, bezuzdný grozen užasan avgrundsdjup, urusel เลวร้าย çok kötü, berbat 非常糟的 страшенний گہرا ، اتھاہ rất tồi tệ 非常
adv aˈbysmally
verskriklik بِصُورَة سَحِيقَة، بِصُورَة مُطْبَقَه скапано příšerně elendigt; umådeligt ringe furchtbar απερίγραπτα, τρομερά pésimamente hirmsasti شدیداً hirveästi abominablement עַד מאוד @@@עַד מאוֹד$$$ अथाह रूप से krajnje loše feneketlenül buruk sekali bölvanlega terribilmente 底知れぬほどに 끝도 없이 깊게, 지독히 siaubingai ļoti slikti dengan teruk afgrijselijk bunnløst, skrekkelig fatalnie terrivelmente abominabil ужасно príšerne, bezuzdne strašno užasno avgrundsdjupt, uruselt อย่างเลวร้าย çok kötü bir şekilde 很糟地 страшенно گہرائی سے một cách thậm tệ 很糟


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Borckman felt the abysmal urgings of the beast, as a beast, to prove himself master of this four-legged beast.
Violent death ever stalked in their midst; bomb and knife and bullet were looked upon as so many fangs of the roaring abysmal beast they must dominate if humanity were to persist.
But all this belonged--I mean their magnificent little surrender-- just to the special array of the facts that were most abysmal.
 
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