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In some senses, abysmal is marked as archaic, figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss.
The latter [geology] gives one the same sort of bewildering view of the abysmal extent of Time that Astronomy does of Space. [First attested in the early 19ᵗʰ century.]
Extremely bad; terrible.
Robben curled an effort against the foot of the post from the edge of the box after being gifted the ball by an abysmal clearance from keeper Stephan Andersen.