abysmal
AdjectiveUS[uh-biz-muhl]/əˈbɪzməl/3 syllables
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Adjective (2)
- very great; limitless“abysmal misery”“abysmal stupidity”Opposite measurableSimilar immeasurable, unmeasurable
- resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable“the abyssal depths of the ocean”Synonyms: abyssalunfathomableOpposite shallowSimilar deep
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
A·bys′mal (…), adjective
Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound.
Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy does of space.— Thomas Carlyle
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54