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abyss
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What does abyss mean?
noun
- Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
- A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
- Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
More meanings (5)
noun
- Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
- An impending catastrophic happening.
- The center of an escutcheon; fess point.
- The abyssal zone.
- (figuratively) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
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IPA pronunciation
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This enormous hole was beyond all measurement, and formed a gloomy abyss, the bottom of which the sun’s rays could never reach.
Nevertheless, we will remark cursorily, there is still an abyss between these races of men and the hideous assassin of the towns.
More book examples (3)
Groping about the masonry just below the margin, I succeeded in dislodging a small fragment, and let it fall into the abyss.
Under all this running sea of circumstance, whose waters ebb and flow with perfect balance, lies the aboriginal abyss of real Being.
“I do forgive you, Hester,” replied the minister at length, with a deep utterance, out of an abyss of sadness, but no anger.