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In some senses, abysmal is marked as archaic, figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
abysmal
/əˈbɪz.məl/
adj 2
Collocations
3VERB + ABYSMAL
view, war, weather
ABYSMAL + NOUN
clearance, extent, home, i'm, keeper, we're
PREP.
from
Definitions
adj
1
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.]
2
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — resembling an abyss in depth
- abyssal
- unfathomable
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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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.]
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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.
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His stupidity is abysmal.
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His understanding of logic is abysmal.
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Tom speaks excellent Russian, but his German is abysmal.
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Visibility was abysmal.
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