Abyss

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  • noun. An immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. In the book of Genesis, the primeval Chaos out of which earth and sky were formed.
  • noun. The abode of evil spirits; hell.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. 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.
  • To engulf.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
  • noun. An impending catastrophic happening.
  • noun. The center of an escutcheon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
  • Word Usage
    "I know the abyss is there, but the picket fence stops me stumbling in by accident."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    height  
    Form
    abyssal  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chasm  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bliss  Chris  Cris  Dis  Fliss  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    agony  blackness  brink  cavern  chaos  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Bassalia  Gehenna  Sheol  Tophet  abysm