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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 [əˈbɪzməl]
adj
1. immeasurable; very great abysmal stupidity
2. Informal extremely bad an abysmal film
abysmally  adv
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Adj.1.abysmal - very greatabysmal - 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) The general standard was abysmal.
Translations
abysmal [əˈbɪzməl] ADJ
1. (= very bad) [result, performance] → pésimo
the play was abysmalla representación fue pésima
2. (= very great) [ignorance] → abismal
to live in abysmal povertyvivir en la mayor miseria

abysmal [əˈbɪzməl] adj (= appalling) [record, performance, result, standard] → consternant(e); [conditions] → épouvantable; [ignorance] → sans bornes
an abysmal failure → un échec retentissant

abysmal
adj (fig)entsetzlich; performance, work, taste etcmiserabel

abysmal [əˈbɪzml] adj (ignorance) → abissale, crasso/a; (result, food) → pessimo/a; (weather, job) → da cani
abysmal poverty → la povertà più nera

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 kamala insondable נוֹרָא अथाह krajnje loš feneketlen buruk sekali botnlaust, mjög (slæmt) abissale 底知れぬほど 지독한 pasibaisėtinas ļoti slikts; bezgalīgs teruk afgrijselijk bunnløs, skrekkelig bezdenny, fatalny terrível abominabil; înspăimân­tător ужасный príšerný, bezuzdný grozen užasan avgrundsdjup, urusel เลวร้าย çok kötü, berbat 極大的(負面意味),糟透了 страшенний گہرا ، اتھاہ rất tồi tệ
adv aˈbysmally
verskriklik بِصُورَة سَحِيقَة، بِصُورَة مُطْبَقَه скапано příšerně elendigt; umådeligt ringe furchtbar απερίγραπτα, τρομερά pésimamente hirmsasti شدیداً kamalasti abominablement עַד מאוד @@@עַד מאוֹד$$$ अथाह रूप से krajnje loše feneketlenül buruk sekali bölvanlega terribilmente 底知れぬほどに 지독하게 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


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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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