ABYSS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of abyss in English

Examples of abyss

abyss
Our line is too short to fathom such immense abysses.
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The ridge on which we stood ran right against it; it was the only means of approach, while ghastly abysses fell on either side.
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There are more than 200 caves and underground abysses.
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Infernal abysses do not frighten us, nor the blazes of thunder.
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How is the earth fixed above the abyss: independently, or resting on the heavenly spheres beneath it?
Horrible anguish and abysses opened up for me.
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Same as always - the abyss yawning its head off at your feet, while you struggle with the monster that is trying to push you in.
The ' abyss ' that allegedly separated this faction from the traditional right was, in fact, easily reconcilable, as the developments in the wake of the election show.
The bottomless space or the abyss in which perceptible matter is contained would suggest to us the notion of this phenomenon, resulting in the unlimited synonymity of space and infinity.
She was sliding into the abyss.
As palliative care physicians we are often in the position of staring, along with our patients, into the mysterious abyss of life's most unanswerable and unknowable existential questions.
We all know where it leads: to the abyss and to horror.
Last weekend we faced an abyss so deep we could see no bottom.
There is no escape from that except into the abyss of a full statutory policy.
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I said at that time that it seemed to me that we were descending into an abyss.
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Translations of abyss

in Chinese (Traditional)
洞, 深淵, 壞情況…
in Chinese (Simplified)
洞, 深渊, 坏情况…
in Spanish
abismo, Abismo…
in Portuguese
abismo…
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hiç iyiye gitmeyen kötü bir durum, çok derin çukur, cehennem çukuru…
abîme, gouffre…
afgrond, zwart gat…
propast…
afgrund, sort hul…
jurang, kekalutan…
หุบเหวลึก, สถานการณ์ที่เลวร้าย…
thăm thẳm, vực thẳm…
otchłań, przepaść, trudna sytuacja…
avgrund…
jurang yang amat dalam, kekecewaan yang tidak terhingga…
der Abgrund…
avgrunn…
прірва, безодня…
бездна…
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