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- pronunciation:
bIz
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme.
The death camps were places of abysmal suffering.- synonyms:
- bottomless, fathomless, immeasurable, immense, infinite
- similar words:
- boundless, cavernous, deep, endless, enormous, great, huge, prodigious, profound, stupendous, yawning
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| definition 2: |
extremely or deplorably bad; miserable.
Conditions were abysmal in the field hospital.- synonyms:
- awful, deplorable, dreadful, horrible, terrible
- antonyms:
- average
- similar words:
- bad, lousy, miserable, unpleasant
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| related words: |
dismal, vile |
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| derivation: |
abysmally (adv.) |
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