abyss (redirected from abysses)

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.

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

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abyss

Noun

1. a very deep hole in the ground

2. a frightening or threatening situation: the abyss of revolution and war ahead [Greek abussos bottomless]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

abyss - a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) abysm chasm - a deep opening in the earth's surface

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abyss

noun chasm, gulf, split, crack, gap, pit, opening, breach, hollow, void, gorge, crater, cavity, ravine, cleft, fissure, crevasse, bottomless depth, abysm

Translations

abyss [əˈbɪs] n → abismo

abyss [əˈbɪs] n → abîme m, gouffre m

abyss [əˈbɪs] n → Abgrund m

abyss [əˈbɪs] n → abisso

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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 kuilu 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 深渊