ABYSMAL


Meaning of ABYSMAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈbiz-məl, a- ]

adjective

Date: circa 1656

1.

a. : having immense or fathomless extension downward, backward, or inward

an abysmal cliff

b. : immeasurably great : profound

abysmal ignorance

c. : immeasurably low or wretched

abysmal living conditions of the poor

2. : abyssal 2

• abys·mal·ly -mə-lē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.