abysmal
adjective
[ əˈbɪzm(ə)l ]
• extremely bad; appalling.
• "the quality of her work is abysmal"
Similar:
very bad,
dreadful,
awful,
terrible,
frightful,
atrocious,
disgraceful,
deplorable,
shameful,
woeful,
hopeless,
lamentable,
laughable,
substandard,
poor,
inadequate,
inferior,
unsatisfactory,
rotten,
appalling,
crummy,
pathetic,
pitiful,
useless,
lousy,
shocking,
dire,
the pits,
duff,
chronic,
a load of pants,
pants,
poxy,
chickenshit,
• very deep.
• "waterfalls that plunge into abysmal depths"
Similar:
profound,
extreme,
utter,
complete,
thorough,
deep,
endless,
immeasurable,
boundless,
incalculable,
unfathomable,
bottomless,
Origin:
mid 17th century (used literally as in abysmal (sense 2)): from abysm. abysmal (sense 1) dates from the early 19th century.
