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Another word for abysmal

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Adjective

  1. Extending far downward or inward from a surface

    See also:

    surface

  2. Open wide

    See also:

    wide

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Another word for abysmal

Modifier

  1. Like an abyss

    See also:

    deep

  2. Immeasurably bad

    See also:

    poor

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Sentence Examples

  • The red-clay is an abysmal formation, occurring in the sea bottom in the deepest part of the oceans.

  • Yukes really dropped the ball here and did an abysmal job of keeping up to date with the WWE product.

  • A person is more likely to adjust to the pine scent than a cat, but particularly in the latter case, the pine litter adds up to an abysmal failure.

  • The edge of the abysmal area comes close to the eastern coasts of Tasmania and New South Wales, approaching to within 60 m.

  • Thus although the rocks of the southern coast of Java in their general character and succession resemble those of Christmas Island, there lies between them an abysmal trough 18,000 ft.

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