Meaning of abysmal | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss.
   archaic
2. Extremely bad; terrible.
   figuratively

Translations

Examples

“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.]”

“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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