abysmal• Living conditions were abysmal.• And, besides, everyone knows second terms are abysmal.• The heat was abysmal, and so, according to them, was their set.• Dudley was recalled in 1587, and, despite his abysmalfailures, was held in high esteem at court once again.• I drive around today, gently despairing at some of the abysmalshapes that litter the roads.• Surely, even by the abysmalstandards of these people, we can survive without this organised slaughter?• It is abysmal that a gossipwriter should use spikychit-chat from anonymousdonors to make money and notoriety for herself.
Originabysmal
(1600-1700)abysm“abyss”((14-20 centuries)), from Old Frenchabisme, from Late Latinabyssus; → ABYSS