abysmal
Part of speech: adjective
Pertaining to an abyss; unfathomable.
Usage examples "abysmal":
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For such was essentially the point: it was rich, romantic, abysmal,
to have, as was evident, thousands and thousands a year, to have youth and intelligence and if not beauty, at least, in equal measure, a high, dim, charming, ambiguous oddity, which was even better, and then on top of all to enjoy boundless freedom, the freedom of the wind in the desert- it was unspeakably touching to be so equipped and yet to have been reduced by fortune to little humble- minded mistakes. - "The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2",
Henry James.
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He no longer dares to tease her by assuming an abysmal
inferiority of Freddy's mind to his own. - "Pygmalion",
George Bernard Shaw.
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An imploring of forgiveness would not have been necessary with those two, however great their- or the woman's- astonishment at the revelation of an abysmal
male humanity. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith",
George Meredith.
