adj.
Pronunciation: ə - ' biz-m ə l, a-
Function: 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 \ -m ə -l ē \ adverb