"abysmal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈbɪz.məl/, [əˈbɪz.ml̩] Audio: en-us-abysmal.ogg [US] Forms: more abysmal [comparative], most abysmal [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪzməl Etymology: abysm + -al Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰewbʰ-}}, {{suffix|en|abysm|al}} abysm + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} abysmal (comparative more abysmal, superlative most abysmal)
  1. (now rare) Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss. Tags: archaic Synonyms: unending, profound, fathomless, immeasurable Translations (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound): бездънен (bezdǎnen) (Bulgarian), pohjaton (Finnish), äärimmäinen (Finnish), surkea (Finnish), toivoton (Finnish), kelvoton (Finnish), abyssal [masculine] (French), abgründig (German), abgrundtief (German), αβυσσαλέος (avyssaléos) [masculine] (Greek), απύθμενος (apýthmenos) [masculine] (Greek), απειροβαθής (apeirovathís) [masculine] (Greek), άπατος (ápatos) [masculine] (Greek), feneketlen (Hungarian), mélységes (Hungarian), abissale (Italian), مغاکمانند (mağâk-mânand) (Persian), ژرفناک (žarf-nâk) (Persian), abismal (Portuguese), бездо́нный (bezdónnyj) (Russian), abismal (Spanish), insondable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-abysmal-en-adj-oBHslvOP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound': 97 3
  2. (figurative) extremely bad; terrible. Tags: figuratively Translations (extremely bad): 无可救药 (wúkějiùyào) (Chinese Mandarin), 烂透 (Chinese Mandarin), malbonega (Esperanto), hirvittävä (Finnish), kammottava (Finnish), kauhea (Finnish), épouvantable [feminine, masculine] (French), terrible [feminine, masculine] (French), exécrable [feminine, masculine] (French), erbärmlich (German), jämmerlich (German), unterirdisch (German), unter aller Sau (German), ανεκδιήγητος (anekdiígitos) [masculine] (Greek), απερίγραπτος (aperígraptos) [masculine] (Greek), gyalázatos (Hungarian), borzalmas (Hungarian), rettenetes (Hungarian), szánalmas (Hungarian), siralmas (Hungarian), nyomorúságos (Hungarian), csúfos (Hungarian), lehangoló (Hungarian), lesújtó (Hungarian), iszonyú (Hungarian), szörnyű (Hungarian), pocsék (Hungarian), kritikán aluli (Hungarian), rémes (Hungarian), disastroso (Italian), pessimo (Italian), وحشتناک (vahšat-nâk) (Persian), افتضاح (eftezâh) (Persian), beznadziejny (Polish), abismal (Portuguese), отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj) (Russian), у̏жа̄сан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȕžāsan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), atroz (Spanish), desastroso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-abysmal-en-adj-tteGVR9o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'extremely bad': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abysmally, abysmal ignorance, abysmal record, abysmal performance, abysmal poverty, abysmal conditions, abysmal quality, abysmal result, abysmal service, abysmal failure

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      "form": "most abysmal",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "abysmal (comparative more abysmal, superlative most abysmal)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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.]"
        }
      ],
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        "Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abyss",
          "abyss"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "unending"
        },
        {
          "word": "profound"
        },
        {
          "word": "fathomless"
        },
        {
          "word": "immeasurable"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "extremely bad; terrible."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "terrible",
          "terrible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) extremely bad; terrible."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈbɪz.məl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[əˈbɪz.ml̩]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪzməl"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-us-abysmal.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezdǎnen",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "бездънен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "pohjaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "äärimmäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "surkea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "toivoton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "kelvoton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abyssal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "abgründig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "abgrundtief"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "avyssaléos",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αβυσσαλέος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apýthmenos",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "απύθμενος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apeirovathís",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "απειροβαθής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ápatos",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "άπατος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "feneketlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "mélységes"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "abissale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mağâk-mânand",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "مغاکمانند"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "žarf-nâk",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "ژرفناک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "abismal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezdónnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "бездо́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "abismal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound",
      "word": "insondable"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúkějiùyào",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "无可救药"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "烂透"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "malbonega"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "hirvittävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "kammottava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "kauhea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "épouvantable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terrible"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exécrable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "erbärmlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "jämmerlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "unterirdisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "unter aller Sau"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anekdiígitos",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ανεκδιήγητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aperígraptos",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "απερίγραπτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "gyalázatos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "borzalmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "rettenetes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "szánalmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "siralmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "nyomorúságos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "csúfos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "lehangoló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "lesújtó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "iszonyú"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "szörnyű"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "pocsék"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "kritikán aluli"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "rémes"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "disastroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "pessimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vahšat-nâk",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "وحشتناک"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "eftezâh",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "افتضاح"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "beznadziejny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "abismal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvratítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "отврати́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "у̏жа̄сан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȕžāsan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "atroz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "desastroso"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abysmal"
}

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