OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 286

abysmal

/əˈbɪz.məl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
abismal • insondable
Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss.
The latter [geology] gives one the same sort of bewildering view of the abysmal extent of Time that Astronomy does of Space. [First attested in the early 19ᵗʰ century.]
atroz • desastroso
Extremely bad; terrible.
Robben curled an effort against the foot of the post from the edge of the box after being gifted the ball by an abysmal clearance from keeper Stephan Andersen.
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