Definitions for abysmal

abysmal a·bys·mal

Spelling: [uh-biz-muh l]
IPA: /əˈbɪz məl/

Abysmal is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in abysmal (aablmsy).

Definitions for abysmal

adjective

  1. of or like an abyss; immeasurably deep or great.
  2. extremely or hopelessly bad or severe:

Origin of abysmal

First recorded in 1650-60; abysm + -al1

Examples for abysmal

For guys, Indiana Jones enjoyed a resurgence, thanks to the abysmal sequel that had just been released.

It has been, by all accounts, an abysmal year when it comes to comedy films.

But then it might all be real instead, and that was abysmal horror.

For everybody else, public schools were the only option—and these institutions often had an abysmal record.

It seemed the top of earthly fortune to be free, and abysmal misery to have missed it.

For in them he could see no expression, no feeling, but only abysmal cruelty.

Yes, the economy remains sclerotic, work force participation is abysmal, and wages stagnate.

It was a mess, and when Ball exited as showrunner following the abysmal fifth season, it got even worse.

What strange, abysmal vitality informs them is beyond all speculation.

There is no class of liar so abysmal as the East-end criminal Jew.

Word Value for abysmal
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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