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10 Language-to-English DictionariesAbysmal
/əˈbɪz.məl/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Extremely bad, appalling, or of deplorably poor quality.
"The team's performance in the first half was abysmal." - 2
Extremely deep or bottomless, used to describe profound depths or abysses.
"The explorers stared down into the abysmal darkness of the trench."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle English word 'abisme', borrowed from Old French 'abisme', ultimately originating from the Late Latin 'abyssus' and Ancient Greek 'abyssos' meaning bottomless. The meaning evolved from describing physical depths to metaphorically representing an exceptionally poor, wretched, or unfathomably bad state or quality.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Abysmal" is said worldwide
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abyssal
Transliteration: /a.bi.sal/
"Ses résultats scolaires sont abyssaux."
grottenschlecht
Transliteration: /ˈɡʁɔtnˌʃlɛçt/
"Das Wetter heute ist grottenschlecht."
pessimo
Transliteration: /ˈpɛs.si.mo/
"Il servizio in quel ristorante è stato pessimo."
pésimo
Transliteration: /ˈpe.si.mo/
"Tuvimos un día pésimo debido a la lluvia."
péssimo
Transliteration: /ˈpɛ.si.mu/
"A qualidade deste produto é péssima."
बेहद खराब
Transliteration: behad kharab
"परीक्षा में उसका प्रदर्शन बेहद खराब था।"
糟透的
Transliteration: zāo tòu de
"这部电影的质量真是糟透的。"
최악의
Transliteration: choe-ag-ui
"그는 최악의 실수를 저질렀다."
最悪の
Transliteration: saiaku no
"昨日の試合結果は最悪の出来栄えだった。"
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