Abyss

/əˈbɪs/

Synonyms for "abyss" (127 found)

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Closest matches (26)

abysmabyssal zonearroyo bassaliabathyal zonebenthosbottom watersbottomless depthsbox canyonbreach break canyon cavity chap chasm check chimney chink cleft cleuch

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clough col

Noun(4 words)

abysmbottomless pitchasm chasms

Strong matches (38)

coulee couloir crack cranny crater crevasse crevice cut cwm deep deepness defile dell depth dig diggings dike ditch donga draw

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excavation fault fissure flaw flume fracture furrow gap gape gash gehenna gorge groove ground

Noun(3 words)

crevasse depth emptiness

Adjective(1 words)

greater waters

Related words (63)

gulch gulf gully hades hell hole hollow incision infernoinner spacejoint kloof leak mine moat netherworld notch nullahocean bottomocean depths

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ocean flooropening pandemonium pass passagepelagic zoneperdition pit profoundness profundity quarry ravine rent rift rime rupture scissure seam shaft sheol slit slot splitthe deepthe deep seathe deepsthe depthstophet trench underworld valley void wadi well workingsyawning abyss

Noun(7 words)

gulf hells hondo maw maws pit void

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More general

7 entries

abstract conceptchasmconceptual spacegeologic structuregeological featurelandformnatural feature

More specific

9 entries

bottomless pitdespair fissure gulf ignorance mystery nothingness pit uncertainty

Collocations

5 entries

abyssal depthsabyssal trenchbottomless pitcosmic abyssmoral abyss

Inflections

1 entries

abysses

Derivations

2 entries

abyssal abyssally

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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One step further, and you will fall into an abyss.

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She was in an abyss of despair.

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Call him an abyss - how deep he is!

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He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.

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