Abyss

Word ABYSS
Character 5
Hyphenation a byss
Pronunciations /əˈbɪs/

Definitions and meanings of "Abyss"

What do we mean by abyss?

An immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void. noun

In the book of Genesis, the primeval Chaos out of which earth and sky were formed. noun

The abode of evil spirits; hell. noun

To engulf.

A bottomless gulf; any deep, immeasurable space; anything profound and unfathomable, whether literally or figuratively; specifically, hell; the bottomless pit. noun

In heraldry, the center of an escutcheon; the fesse-point. noun

A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit. noun

Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth. noun

The center of an escutcheon. noun

Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth. noun

An impending catastrophic happening. noun

The center of an escutcheon. noun

A bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) noun

Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.

(frequently figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.

Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.

Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.

An impending catastrophic happening.

The center of an escutcheon.

The abyssal zone.

A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

A noun used to describe the utter decay of the mental state, usually due to alcohol or marihuana. One who has hit "the abyss" usually ends up being ill, depressed, fubar, or otherwise in a "deep dark place" Urban Dictionary

Abyss is one of the few English words that derive from Sumerian, the world's first written language, which evolved some 5000 years ago in the lower Tigris and Euphrates Valley of what is now called Iraq. The word came into English in the late 14th century from the latin word abyssus, meaning "bottomless, the deep," but has been traced ultimately to the primordial sea that the Sumerians called the Abuzu. Urban Dictionary

The space between a mattress and a wall, bedside table, or other mattress where items or appendages get lost. It often causes bodily harm i.e. bruised ribs to retrieve object from the abyss. Urban Dictionary

The low point of something, when things can't get any worse also use "abysmal" as an adjective in the same context Urban Dictionary

A dark setting where males look for females on a similar level of intoxication as them. There is often music playing. Upon entering the abyss one might start to grind with a random girl and then proceed to hook up with her. Ideally no names or words would be exchanged. It is very easy to get with many girls of low quality in one night. Due to the darkness and drunken state it is hard to judge the attractiveness of the females which can lead to mistakes. The abyss defines the saying quantity over quality. P.S. Watch out for monsters. Urban Dictionary

A club that hosts teen nights every once in a while. located in sayreville nj. teens favor this club because of its size, variety in music, and over-all quality Urban Dictionary

To abyss is to eat ones foot without chewing. Urban Dictionary

Big house eating, teapot drinking, tetley hoover sucking fence. Urban Dictionary

A far off place that you can see but it takes you awaile to get there and back. Urban Dictionary

A large, black cavity which can be used to describe a vagina which has been extremely sexually active, and/or where one can lose various objects such as panties, food, or quarters. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Abyss

The word "abyss" in example sentences

His body language and choice of words—he used the word "abyss" four times—betrayed a man humbled by a difficult struggle. ❋ David Luhnow (2011)

I know the abyss is there, but the picket fence stops me stumbling in by accident. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thu 10/29/09 3: 29 PM the abyss is the most UNDERRATED of his movies. its fabulous but no one ever remembers it ❋ Unknown (2009)

Drawing them back from the abyss is the real challenge that confronts us. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Gaze into the abyss from the comfort of your own h ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, you cannot invariably sell that to the middle-class or lower-class Americans, and so the types instead, write about how all we need to do to get out of the abyss is become a more educated society. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Now, if the abyss is scary, what is scarier, what generates it, what you will find in it, or what comes from it? ❋ Unknown (2009)

But staying in the real estate abyss is like throwing money down a rat hole. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's a bumpy, slow ride, and the visitor won't forget the final stretch, when the distance between the bus 'wheels and a great, yawning abyss is a matter of inches. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And don't you think the fear of falling back down into that abyss is one of the primary, albeit ineffective, motivators of humankind? ❋ Jonathan Aquino (2008)

It is generally accepted to mean "low-budget genre cinema," but it seems to be quite an ornate French pun, at once referring to B-movies (Cinema B's) and the serial nature of much genre cinema (the French word "bis" means "encore"); it may be a lucky accident or inspired design, but there is also something punny going on there with the incorporation of the English word "abyss," evoking the very bottom of the barrel. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Boxing had a decade or so that I call the abyss, and that's the 1990s. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When a literary form begins to run out of ideas, the last stop before the abyss is the escalation of the elements, the coarsening of the themes, the amateur’s belief that simply to shock is enough. ❋ Superversive (2006)

I like the new header 'cause it's more 'abyss'-ish, hehe. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And I actually quote in the book someone from Capitol Hill saying a year after the Republicans came in office that what had gone wrong was that, "They're good conservatives, so they want to shrink the size of government, but they think of that as getting as close to the abyss as possible without falling off," and that's very contrary to the dynamic vision, which is -- you know, that thing you call the abyss, that's called life. ❋ Unknown (1999)

The abyss is only an abyss is nothing is done to counter it’s expansion. ❋ Unknown (2006)

There have been other life lessons for other players this year; Sean Evans learning that he can pull himself out of what assistant coach Mike Dunlap termed an "abyss" and emerge as a leader; the knowledge that even outsized dreams can be realized. ❋ Sophia Hollander (2011)

But periodic derailments and these headlong plummets into the abyss are the final straw. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That [last hit] sent richard straight to the abyss, he's [in the corner] [cuddling] with some shoes! ❋ Straightballa (2008)

[the great] abyss from [that one] [book] ❋ Tree Girl (2005)

Dude: Where's the remote? Me: It fell into [the abyss]. It's never [coming back]. Or My arm is still asleep- I [slept in] the abyss all night. ❋ Kat1ekat (2016)

"Today was [the abyss]. I lost my job, my car [broke down], and I fell down and got a broken nose." or "Today was [abysmal]. I lost my job, my car broke down, and I fell down and got a broken nose." ❋ Brian In Albany (2006)

Dude 1: I saw you in [the abyss] last night at the [frat party] hooking up with a random girl. Dude 2: I know she was so hot right. Dude 1: Out of ten she was at best a 3, did you get her name? Dude 2: [Naw dude] its the abyss that's not allowed. ❋ Abyss Creature (2011)

[Teen] [nights] at abyss are [crazy] bro! ❋ Jas0n231 (2009)

I would [very much] like to abyss. Would you [help me] [kind Sir]? ❋ Jimbo Ditch (2003)

Overusage of the [smiley] ":{{{" ❋ Timmy Tammy Tommy (2003)

We went to [the abyss] without even [knowing] it. Or he took it to "the abyss" with his [attitude]. ❋ Tony Lee (2005)

whoa, she had such an abyss, i got [sucked in] and had to [crawl] out, i needed a [flashlight]. ❋ Kellee (2007)

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