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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. very great; limitless;
- Example: "abysmal misery"
- Example: "abysmal stupidity"

2. resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable;
- Example: "the abyssal depths of the ocean"
[syn: abysmal, abyssal, unfathomable]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abysmal \A*bys"mal\, a.
   Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending;
   profound.
   [1913 Webster]

         Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that
         astronomy does of space.                 --Carlyle.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abysmal
    adj 1: very great; limitless; "abysmal misery"; "abysmal
           stupidity"
    2: resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable;
       "the abyssal depths of the ocean" [syn: abysmal, abyssal,
       unfathomable]