English-Thai Dictionary

abysm

N นรก หนึ่ง  na-rok-neung

 

abysmal

A ลึก สุด หยั่ง  infinite immeasurable leug-sud-yang

 

abysmally

ADV เหลือเกิน  luea-kern

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ABYSM

n.abyzm'. [See Abyss. ] A gulf.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ABYSM

A *bysm ", n. Etym: [OF. abisme; F. abime, LL. abyssimus, a superl. of L. abyssus; Gr. Abyss. ]

 

Defn: An abyss; a gulf. "The abysm of hell. " Shak.

 

ABYSMAL

ABYSMAL A *bys "mal, a.

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound. Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy does of space. Carlyle.

 

ABYSMALLY

ABYSMALLY A *bys "mal *ly, adv.

 

Defn: To a fathomless depth; profoundly. "Abysmally ignorant. " G. Eliot.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

abysm

a bysm |əˈbizəm əˈbɪzəm | ▶noun a literary or poetic term for abyss: the abysm from which nightmares crawl. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French abisme, medieval Latin abysmus, alteration of late Latin abyssus ‘bottomless pit, ’ the ending being assimilated to the Greek ending -ismos.

 

abysmal

a bys mal |əˈbizməl əˈbɪzməl | ▶adjective 1 informal extremely bad; appalling: the quality of her work is abysmal. 2 literary very deep. DERIVATIVES a bys mal ly adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent. ( sense 2 ): from abysm. Sense 1 dates from the early 19th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

abysm

abysm |əˈbɪz (ə )m | ▶noun literary an abyss: the abysm from which nightmares crawl. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French abisme, medieval Latin abysmus, alteration of late Latin abyssus ‘bottomless pit ’, the ending being assimilated to the Greek ending -ismos.

 

abysmal

abys |mal |əˈbɪzm (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 informal extremely bad; appalling: the quality of her work is abysmal. 2 literary very deep. DERIVATIVES abysmally adverb [ as submodifier ] : a boy who is abysmally lazy ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (used literally as in sense 2 ): from abysm. Sense 1 dates from the early 19th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

abysmal

abysmal adjective informal some of the teaching was abysmal: very bad, dreadful, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, shameful, hopeless, lamentable; informal rotten, appalling, crummy, pathetic, pitiful, woeful, useless, lousy, dire, the pits.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

abysmal

abysmal adjective 1 informal some of the teaching was abysmal: very bad, dreadful, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, shameful, woeful, hopeless, lamentable, laughable, substandard, poor, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory; informal rotten, appalling, crummy, pathetic, pitiful, useless, lousy, shocking, dire, poxy, the pits; Brit. informal duff, chronic, a load of pants, pants; N. Amer. vulgar slang chickenshit. ANTONYMS superb. 2 abysmal ignorance: profound, extreme, utter, complete, thorough, deep, endless, immeasurable, boundless, incalculable, unfathomable, bottomless.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

abysmal

a bys mal /əbɪ́zm (ə )l /形容詞 1 ｟くだけて ｠ひどく悪い .2 底知れないほどの, 極端な .～ly 副詞