Abyss

Quick meaning: Abyss is a noun meaning Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.

Meaning

Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.

More Meanings

1. (frequently figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
2. Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
3. Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
4. (with article) An impending catastrophic happening.
5. (heraldry) The center of an escutcheon; fess point.
6. (oceanography) The abyssal zone.
7. (figurative) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

Example Sentences

They fell into the abyss of drug addiction.

Below is the deep abyss of the Lauterbrunnen valley, and at its head a stately semi-circle of mountains, with the pyramidal Lauterbrunnen Breithorn as the centre-piece.

'You cannot enter here,' said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. 'Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!'

Word Forms

• abysses
• abysm
• abyssus

Synonyms for abyss

Depending on context, synonyms include gulf, abysm.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include abysm, chasm, gulf, sinkhole, cave, cliff.

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