abysmal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite very great; limitless
    • abysmal misery
    • abysmal stupidity
  2. adjective satellite resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
    abyssal; unfathomable.
    • the abyssal depths of the ocean

WordNet


A*bys"mal adjective
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound.
    Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy does of space. Carlyle.

Webster 1913