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- pronunciation:
bIz
ml
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
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 |
adverb + (adj.)abysmal
absolutely, pretty
(adj.)abysmal
+ noun
care,
condition,
crime,
elephant,
epoch,
failure,
ignorance,
lack,
language,
low,
performance,
poverty,
quality,
rate,
rating,
record,
right,
score,
showing,
standard,
statistics,
worker
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| derivation: |
abysmally (adv.) |
The word abysmal
contains the following part:
a-1, an-1
Greek
prefix
that means not, without
  More about this word part:
Words prefixed with a-1, an-1 are nouns and adjectives. Some are loanwords from Greek (amorphous
, atrophy
). Others are English formations, which may attach the prefix to English words of Latin origin (asocial
, amoral
) or Greek origin (apolitical). The form a-1 is used before bases beginning with a consonant, while an-1 is used before bases beginning with a vowel.
Example words:
abiogenesis, abiotic, abranchiate, abysmal, abyss, achene, achromatic, achromic, adiabatic, agnostic, alexia, amenorrhea, amethyst, ametropia, amnesia, amnesty, amoral, amorphous, anaemia, anaerobe, anaerobic, analgesia, analgesic, anarchy, anecdote, anemia, aneroid, anesthesia, anesthesiology, anodyne, anomalous, anomaly, anomie, anonym, anonymous, anorexia, anoxia, anuria, apathy, aperiodic, apetalous, aphasia, aplastic anemia, apraxia, apterous, apteryx, arrhythmia, aseptic, asexual, asocial, asphyxia, astatine, asthenia, astigmatism, asymmetry, asymptote, ataractic, ataxia, atheist, atom, atonal, atrophy, avitaminosis, azygous, neurasthenia
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