Abysmal - English meaning

adjective

Causing shock or dismay; horrific.

Usage examples:

The cat suffered appalling injuries during the attack

verb

Greatly dismay or horrify.

Usage examples:

Bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some ministers

adjective

Horrifyingly wicked.

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Atrocious cruelties

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

The place smelled awful

adverb

Awfully; very.

Usage examples:

We're an awful long way from the motorway

adjective

Without a bottom.

Usage examples:

Plant mint in a bottomless bucket sunk into the ground

adjective

Unlimited or immense.

Usage examples:

Enthusiasts who devote boundless energy to their hobby

adjective

Seemingly endless or unlimited

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Boundless energy

adjective

Having all the necessary or appropriate parts.

Usage examples:

A complete list of courses offered by the university

verb

Finish making or doing.

Usage examples:

He completed his phd in 1993

verb

Having all necessary qualities

adjective

Extending far down from the top or surface.

Usage examples:

A deep gorge

noun

The sea.

Usage examples:

Denizens of the deep

adverb

The part of the field distant from the batsman.

adjective

Deserving strong condemnation; completely unacceptable.

Usage examples:

Children living in deplorable conditions

adjective

Very bad

Usage examples:

The children were raised in deplorable conditions.

adjective

Shockingly unacceptable.

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A disgraceful waste of money

adjective

Very bad

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Disgraceful behaviour/conduct, a disgraceful situation, she thought that their attitude was absolut…

adjective

Causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious.

Usage examples:

There's been a dreadful accident

adjective

Very bad

Usage examples:

I realized i had committed a dreadful mistake.

adjective

Having or seeming to have no end or limit.

Usage examples:

Endless ocean wastes

adjective

If something is endless, it never finishes or seems never to finish because it continues for so long

Usage examples:

When i was a child, the summers seemed endless., education policy is endlessly debated.

adjective

Never finishing, or never seeming to finish

Usage examples:

There have been endless meetings about this problem., we've had orders from brazil, china, india, s…

adjective

Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.

Usage examples:

Extreme cold

noun

Either of two abstract things that are as different from each other as possible.

Usage examples:

We represented opposite extremes of college society—he a member of the old guard, i one of the radi…

adjective

Very unpleasant, serious, or shocking.

Usage examples:

There's been a most frightful accident

adjective

Feeling or causing despair.

Usage examples:

Jess looked at him in mute hopeless appeal

adjective

Without hope

Usage examples:

We tried to save the building, but it was a hopeless task (= it could not succeed).

adjective

Too large, extensive, or extreme to measure.

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Immeasurable suffering

adjective

So large or great that it cannot be measured or known exactly

Usage examples:

Her movies had an immeasurable effect on a generation of americans.

adjective

Lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.

Usage examples:

These labels prove to be wholly inadequate

adjective

Too low in quality or too small in amount; not enough

Usage examples:

An inadequate income/offer, i feel inadequate when i talk to miranda about art because she knows so…

adjective

Too small in amount

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Inadequate funds/incomes/pensions too many of us are retiring on hopelessly inadequate incomes., th…

adjective

Too great to be calculated or estimated.

Usage examples:

An archive of incalculable value

adjective

Too large to be calculated or measured, or extremely large

Usage examples:

The consequences of a nuclear war are incalculable.

adjective

Impossible to measure

Usage examples:

The cost in lost customer goodwill is incalculable., incalculable damage/harm

adjective

Lower in rank, status, or quality.

Usage examples:

Schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country

noun

A person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.

Usage examples:

Her social and intellectual inferiors

adjective

(of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable.

Usage examples:

The industry is in a lamentable state

adjective

Regrettable

Usage examples:

A lamentable failure of nerve

adjective

So ludicrous as to be amusing.

Usage examples:

If it didn't make me so angry it would be laughable

adjective

Amusing or ridiculous

Usage examples:

The movie was so far from accurate that it was laughable.

adjective

Lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.

Usage examples:

They were too poor to afford a telephone

adjective

(of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense.

Usage examples:

Profound feelings of disquiet

noun

The deepest part of something, especially the ocean.

Usage examples:

Nor billowy surge disturbs the vast profound

adjective

Felt or experienced strongly; extreme

Usage examples:

The speech had a profound influence on her., you’re touching on a very profound question.

adjective

Suffering from decay.

Usage examples:

Rotten eggs

adverb

To an extreme degree; very much.

Usage examples:

Your mother said that i spoiled you rotten

adjective

See at rot.

Usage examples:

A rotten trick, rotten behavior

adjective

Worthy of or causing shame or disgrace.

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A shameful accusation

adjective

Causing you to feel guilty or ashamed, or being a cause for feeling ashamed

Usage examples:

[ + that clause ] it’s shameful that his own country did not fully appreciate his talent until it w…

adjective

Below the usual or required standard.

Usage examples:

Substandard housing

adjective

Below a satisfactory standard

Usage examples:

There’s plenty of substandard child care available.

adjective

Extremely bad or serious.

Usage examples:

A terrible crime

adjective

Complete with regard to every detail; not superficial or partial.

Usage examples:

Planners need a thorough understanding of the subject

adjective

With nothing left out or omitted; complete

Usage examples:

The district attorney’s office conducted a thorough investigation., the doctor gave him a thorough …

adjective

Incapable of being fully explored or understood.

Usage examples:

Her grey eyes were dark with some unfathomable emotion

adjective

Impossible to understand

Usage examples:

For some unfathomable reason they built the toilet next to the kitchen.

adjective

Not satisfactory; not good enough.

Usage examples:

Years of living in unsatisfactory rented accommodation

adjective

Complete; absolute.

Usage examples:

Charlotte stared at her in utter amazement

verb

Make (a sound) with one's voice.

Usage examples:

He uttered an exasperated snort

adjective

Complete or extreme

Usage examples:

What an utter fool i was!, she felt isolated and utterly alone., she sat through the entire meeting…

adjective

Characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery.

Usage examples:

Her face was woeful

adjective

Very bad, or (of something bad) very great or extreme

Usage examples:

They displayed a woeful ignorance of the safety rules.