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abyss
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a·byss  (-bs)
n.
1. An immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void: "lost in the vast abysses of space and time" (Loren Eiseley).
2.
a. The primeval chaos out of which it was believed that the earth and sky were formed.
b. The abode of evil spirits; hell.

[Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus, from Greek abussos, bottomless : a-, without; see a-1 + bussos, bottom.]

abyss [əˈbɪs]
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a very deep or unfathomable gorge or chasm
2. anything that appears to be endless or immeasurably deep, such as time, despair, or shame
3. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) hell or the infernal regions conceived of as a bottomless pit
[via Late Latin from Greek abussos bottomless (as in the phrase abussos limnē bottomless lake), from a-1 + bussos depth]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.abyssabyss - a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
chasm - a deep opening in the earth's surface

abyss
noun
1. chasm, gulf, split, crack, gap, pit, opening, breach, hollow, void, gorge, crater, cavity, ravine, cleft, fissure, crevasse, bottomless depth, abysm She leapt to her death in a nearby abyss.
2. cataclysm, collapse, disaster, catastrophe, upheaval, debacle, calamity, convulsion The country was on the brink of an abyss.
3. gap, difference, gulf, split, disagreement, disparity, divergence How big is the abyss between them?
Translations
abyss [əˈbɪs] N (lit) → abismo m, sima f (fig) → abismo m

abyss [æˈbɪs] n
(lit) (in the ground)abîme m, gouffre m
(fig)abîme m, gouffre m
to be on the brink of an abyss → être au bord du gouffre

abyss
n (lit, fig)Abgrund m; the abyss of warder Abgrund des Krieges

abyss [əˈbɪs] n (liter) → abisso, baratro

abyss
n abyss [əˈbis]
a very deep or bottomless hole or chasm. bodemlose diepte هَاوِيَة бездна propast afgrund der Abgrund άβυσσος abismo kuristik گودال عمیق syvänne abîme תְהוֹם गहरा कुंड, गर्त्त bezdan végtelen mélység sangat dalam hyldÿpi; tómið abisso 深淵 심연 bedugnė, praraja bezdibenis jurang yang amat dalam afgrond avgrunn przepaść, otchłań abismo abis пропасть priepasť, hlbina brezno ponor avgrund หุบเหวลึก uçurum 深淵 прірва, безодня عمیق thăm thẳm


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