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発音

• IPA: /əˈbɪz.məl/, [əˈbɪz.ml̩]
• ハイフネーション: a‧bys‧mal
• 韻: -ɪzməl

形容詞

abysmal (comparative more abysmal, superlative most abysmal)

1. (now rare) Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss. [First attested in the mid 17 century.]

   Synonyms: unending, profound, fathomless, immeasurable

   • 1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:

     The latter [geology] gives one the same sort of bewildering view of the abysmal extent of Time that Astronomy does of Space. [First attested in the early 19 century.]

2. (figurative) Extremely bad; terrible.

   Synonyms: dreadful, atrocious, awful, appalling

   Antonyms: excellent, wonderful, superb

   • 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Robben curled an effort against the foot of the post from the edge of the box after being gifted the ball by an abysmal clearance from keeper Stephan Andersen.

派生語

関連する語

• abyssal

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Further reading

• “abysmal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “abysmal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

• balsamy