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- Dictionaryabysmal/əˈbɪzml/
adjective
- 1. extremely bad; appalling: "the quality of her work is abysmal" Similar Opposite
- 2. very deep: literary "waterfalls that plunge into abysmal depths" Similar
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immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad; having immense or fathomless extension downward, backward, or inward; abyssal… See the full definition
horrid old-fashioned informal. terrible (UNPLEASANT) Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. bad weather, conditions, situations, etc. bad If the weather is bad, we'll have to find something else to do. poor She's 87 and in poor health. dire The predictions for the economy are dire.
Definitions of abysmal. adjective. exceptionally bad or displeasing. synonyms: abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable, vile. bad. having undesirable or negative qualities. adjective. resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable. synonyms: abyssal, unfathomable. deep.
Abysmal definition: of or like an abyss; immeasurably deep or great.. See examples of ABYSMAL used in a sentence.
horrid old-fashioned informal. terrible (UNPLEASANT) Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. bad weather, conditions, situations, etc. bad If the weather is bad, we'll have to find something else to do. poor She's 87 and in poor health. dire The predictions for the economy are dire.
adjective. If you describe a situation or the condition of something as abysmal, you think that it is very bad or poor in quality. ...our abysmal record at producing a scientifically trained workforce. The general standard of racing was abysmal. Synonyms: dreadful, bad, terrible [informal], awful More Synonyms of abysmal.
1. Resembling an abyss in depth; unfathomable. 2. Very profound; limitless: abysmal misery. 3. Very bad: an abysmal performance. a·bys′mal·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Definition of abysmal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
very bad, especially of bad quality: the team's abysmal performance last season. abysmally. adverb. (Definition of abysmal from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of abysmal. in Chinese (Traditional) 極壞的, 糟透的, 深不可測的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 极坏的, 糟透的, 深不可测的… See more. in Spanish. pésimo, abismal…
Abysmal Definition. ə-bĭzməl. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Filter. adjective. Resembling an abyss in depth; unfathomable. American Heritage. Of or like an abyss; bottomless; unfathomable. Webster's New World. Very profound; limitless. Abysmal misery. American Heritage.
