His stupidity is abysmal.
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Abysmal
//əˈbɪz.məl//
Synonyms for "abysmal" (85 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
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1 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- бездънен adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 无可救药 adj (extremely bad)
- 烂透 adj (extremely bad)
Esperanto
2 entries- abisma adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
- malbonega adj (extremely bad)
Finnish
4 entries- hirvittävä adj (extremely bad)
- kammottava adj (extremely bad)
- kauhea adj (extremely bad)
- kelvoton adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
French
4 entries- abyssal adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
- exécrable adj (extremely bad)
- terrible adj (extremely bad)
- épouvantable adj (extremely bad)
German
4 entries- abgrundtief adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
- abgründig adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
- erbärmlich adj (extremely bad)
- jämmerlich adj (extremely bad)
Greek
4 entries- άπατος adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
- αβυσσαλέος adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
- ανεκδιήγητος adj (extremely bad)
- απειροβαθής adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
Hungarian
4 entries- borzalmas adj (extremely bad)
- csúfos adj (extremely bad)
- feneketlen adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
- gyalázatos adj (extremely bad)
Italian
3 entries- abissale adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
- disastroso adj (extremely bad)
- pessimo adj (extremely bad)
Persian
4 entries- افتضاح adj (extremely bad)
- مغاکمانند adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
- وحشتناک adj (extremely bad)
- ژرفناک adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
Polish
1 entries- beznadziejny adj (extremely bad)
Portuguese
2 entries- abismal adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
- abismal adj (extremely bad)
Russian
2 entries- бездо́нный adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
- отврати́тельный adj (extremely bad)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ȕžāsan adj (extremely bad)
- у̏жа̄сан adj (extremely bad)
Spanish
4 entries- abismal adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
- atroz adj (extremely bad)
- desastroso adj (extremely bad)
- insondable adj (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
His understanding of logic is abysmal.
Source: tatoeba (883899)
Tom speaks excellent Russian, but his German is abysmal.
Source: tatoeba (1216826)
However, a number of factors — some completely out of the Democrats’ control — have combined to boost the party’s public support, raise Biden’s abysmal poll numbers and create a sense of momentum for the party that was absent during much of the past year.
Source: tatoeba (11226813)
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