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abysmal

adj
/əˈbɪz.məl/

Etymology

From abysm + -al. Compare abyssal.

  1. derived from ἄβυσσος
  2. derived from *abyssimus✻
  3. derived from abisme
  4. inherited from abime
  5. suffixed as abysmal — “abysm + al”

Definitions

  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

    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.

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Derived

abysmally

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA