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Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate - once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending were slim. After the epidemic ended in 1973, what folks tended to remember most about the skyjackers was their futility.
Brendan I. Koerner

Meaning of "abysmal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ABYSMAL

abysmal  [əˈbɪzməl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ABYSMAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Abysmal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ABYSMAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of abysmal in the English dictionary

The definition of abysmal in the dictionary is immeasurable; very great. Other definition of abysmal is extremely bad.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ABYSMAL


aneurismal
ˌænjəˈrɪzməl
aneurysmal
ˌænjəˈrɪzməl
baptismal
bæpˈtɪzməl
cataclysmal
ˌkætəˈklɪzməl
chiasmal
kaɪˈæzməl
chrismal
ˈkrɪzməl
coseismal
kəʊˈsaɪzməl
dismal
ˈdɪzməl
erythrismal
ˌɛrɪˈθrɪzməl
interparoxysmal
ˌɪntəˌpærəkˈsɪzməl
isoseismal
ˌaɪsəʊˈsaɪzməl
miasmal
maɪˈæzməl
mycoplasmal
ˌmaɪkəʊˈplæzməl
organismal
ˌɔːɡənˈɪzməl
paroxysmal
ˌpærəkˈsɪzməl
phantasmal
fænˈtæzməl
protoplasmal
ˌprəʊtəʊˈplæzməl
rheumatismal
ˌruːməˈtɪzməl
seismal
ˈsaɪzməl
strabismal
strəˈbɪzməl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ABYSMAL

abutted
abutter
abutting
abuzz
ABV
abvolt
abwatt
aby
Abydos
abye
abying
abysm
abysmally
abyss
abyssal
Abyssinia
Abyssinian
Abyssinian cat
Abyssinian guinea pig
abyssopelagic

WORDS THAT END LIKE ABYSMAL

abnormal
animal
catechismal
decimal
embolismal
fantasmal
formal
geothermal
hexadecimal
informal
mammal
maximal
minimal
Mustafa Kemal
normal
optimal
paranormal
primal
proximal
thermal

Synonyms and antonyms of abysmal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ABYSMAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «abysmal» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of abysmal

Translation of «abysmal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ABYSMAL

Find out the translation of abysmal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of abysmal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «abysmal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

深不可测
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abismal
570 millions of speakers

English

abysmal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निराशाजनक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السحيقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плачевен
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abismal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অতল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épouvantable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kurang ajar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

miserabel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ひどい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

심해
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Abysmal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không đáy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

படு பாதாளமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फारच थोडे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dipsiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abissale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nędzne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

плачевний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

abisal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αβυσσαλέα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onpeilbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bottenlös
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

abysmal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of abysmal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ABYSMAL»

The term «abysmal» is quite widely used and occupies the 51.737 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ABYSMAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about abysmal

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7 QUOTES WITH «ABYSMAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word abysmal.
1
Tommy Armour
The most abysmal advise ever given by the ignorant to the stupid.
2
Jay Carney
Let me just say that while I personally am very fond of John Boehner, his record of predicting what would happen if certain policies, economic policies were instituted is abysmal, okay?
3
David Geffen
The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal.
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Brendan I. Koerner
Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate - once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending were slim. After the epidemic ended in 1973, what folks tended to remember most about the skyjackers was their futility.
5
Michelle Malkin
A high-speed connection is no more an essential civil right than 3G cell phone service or a Netflix account. Increasing competition and restoring academic excellence in abysmal public schools is far more of an imperative to minority children than handing them iPads.
6
David Talbot
Most magazines have become wallpaper, they're all the same, all the same celebrities. It's really an abysmal time in American journalism right now. But occasionally one story or two will pop out.
7
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Having been kept pretty strict in prep schools, I guess I couldn't cope with all the freedom at Yale. I had a wild, wonderful time, got abysmal grades and was bounced out in my freshman year. I then came back the following fall as a repeating freshman, lasted until April and got bounced out again - for the same reason.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABYSMAL»

Discover the use of abysmal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to abysmal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Abysmal: A Critique of Cartographic Reason
Starting from that simple observation, renowned geographer Gunnar Olsson offers in Abysmal an astonishingly erudite critique of the way human thought and action have become deeply immersed in the rhetoric of cartography and how this ...
Gunnar Olsson, 2010
2
The Abysmal Brute
Jack London. He brought the tale of it to Stubener, who said: "It's only con, Pat. They were trying to josh you." He noted the blue eyes blaze. "And maybe worse than that. If they could have got you to fall for it, there might have been a big ...
Jack London, 2007
3
Abysmal Power
ABYSMAL POWER is an impressive story about the brutal, colossal clash of mighty interests and the striving for total power over everything and everybody in the world.
Viktoria Wealth, 2003
4
Beyond "The Abysmal Brute": A Social History of Boxing in ...
This thesis focuses on boxing in interwar Nova Scotia.
Greggory MacIntosh Ross, 2008
5
Nietzsche's Epic of the Soul: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
He is screaming to wake up the sleeping abysmal thought. He says, "Zarathustra, the godless, summons you! Zarathustra, the advocate of life, the advocate of suffering, the advocate of the circle; I summon you, you my most abysmal thought!
T. K. Seung, 2005
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Nietzsche: Life as Literature
This suggestion is supported by another passage, in which Nietzsche writes that " Zarathustra is ... he that has had the hardest, most terrible insight into reality, that has thought the 'most abysmal idea,' and nevertheless does not consider it an ...
Alexander Nehamas, 1985
7
Tales of the Abysmal Plane
Collected together for the first time, readers of the Zoë Martinique Investigation Series will enjoy these extra tales of the Abysmal Experience.
Phaedra Weldon, 2012
8
The I Ching: Points of Balance and Cycles of Change
K'an / The Abysmal (Water) (The Deep, The Depths) Primary Trigrams above K' an / The Abysmal, Water below K'an / The Abysmal, Water Nuclear Trigrams above Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain below Chên / The Arousing, Thunder K'an is  ...
Peggy Jones, 2008
9
A Journey Through Ruins: The Last Days of London
7. Abysmal. Heights. It is possible to gauge the residents' reactions to a housing development to some extent by a variety of small signs such as facial expressions . . . The Architects'Journal, 21 July 1965 A few hundred yards from Dalston ...
Patrick Wright, 2009
10
The Flame of Eternity: An Interpretation of Nietzsche's Thought
Nietzsche's answer to the question of what it means “to think the abysmal thought ,” to what “understanding” could mean in this context. A story that must become my own to make any sense. A story whose every moment, precisely as beginning  ...
Krzysztof Michalski, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABYSMAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term abysmal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rural businesses blast "abysmal" BT service
John Polak, who runs the nearby Nadurra Visitor Centre, added: "The service we have from BT is abysmal. Each time there's a fault - as in May ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
2
Woods bounces back from abysmal U.S. Open
Tiger Woods birdied his last three holes Thursday to post a 4-under 66 in the first round of The Greenbrier Classic - his fourth score in the 60s in ... «Topeka Capital Journal, Jul 15»
3
Tory performance in NI was abysmal
Perhaps Mr Andrews should try to think hard about his party's abysmal performance rather than traducing the party which his grandfather and ... «Belfast Newsletter, Jul 15»
4
Bernie Sanders Blasts Troika for 'Abysmal Failure' of Greek Austerity
Describing the austerity policies that European creditors have imposed on Greece as an "abysmal failure," progressive presidential candidate ... «eNews Park Forest, Jul 15»
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Here's how Putin climbed the ranks of the Russian Government
In short, judging by the abysmal economic record of St. Petersburg, Putin's credentials as an economic policymaker were not good. «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
6
Broker to NAHU: Fight 'abysmal state of affairs'
A former president of the California Association of Health Underwriters (CAHU) is asking colleagues to do more to save their part of the U.S. ... «BenefitsPro, Jul 15»
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The Black Dahlia Murder Unveil First 'Abysmal' Single
In anticipation of their seventh full-length album, Abysmal, The Black Dahlia Murder have graced fans with a brand new ripper titled “Vlad, Son ... «Under the Gun Review, Jun 15»
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Moray councillor blasts council's “abysmal” treatment of disabled …
A Moray councillor has branded the local authority's treatment of a group of disabled volunteers at an awards ceremony “abysmal”. Fochabers ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jun 15»
9
Newark clergy petitions for end to 'abysmal' school policies after …
"(We) represent a diversity of religions and denominations, yet we stand united in our agreement regarding the abysmal plight many students ... «NJ.com, Jun 15»
10
The Black Dahlia Murder Unleash 'Vlad, Son of the Dragon' From …
After the announcement a couple weeks ago that the Black Dahlia Murder would be releasing the new album Abysmal on Sept. 18, the band ... «Loudwire, Jun 15»

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