abysmal
adjective/əˈbɪzməl/
/əˈbɪzməl/
- extremely bad or of a very low standard synonym terrible
- His manners are abysmal.
- The council has an abysmal record on education.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAbysmal is used with these nouns:- record
Word Originmid 17th cent. (used literally as in 'very deep'): from abysm, from Old French abisme, medieval Latin abysmus, alteration of late Latin abyssus ‘bottomless pit’. The figurative meaning dates from the early 19th cent.
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