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Definitions for Abyss

[1] a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm.
[2] anything profound, unfathomable, or infinite: the abyss of time.
[3] (in ancient cosmogony) the primal chaos before Creation. the infernal regions; hell. a subterranean ocean.
[4] Abyssinia.
[5] Abyssinian.
[6] a very deep or unfathomable gorge or chasm
[7] anything that appears to be endless or immeasurably deep, such as time, despair, or shame
[8] hell or the infernal regions conceived of as a bottomless pit

Words related to Abyss

void, depth, crevasse, chasm, gulf, fissure, gorge, hole, pit, abysm

Words nearby Abyss

aby, abydos, abyla, abysm, abysmal, abyss, abyss., abyssal, abyssinia, abyssinian, abyssinian banana

Origin of Abyss

1350–1400; earlier abisse, Middle English abissus < Late Latin abyssus < Greek ábyssos bottomless, equivalent to a- a-6 + byssós bottom of the sea

Word origin for Abyss

C16: via Late Latin from Greek abussos bottomless (as in the phrase abussos limnē bottomless lake), from a- 1 + bussos depth

Synonyms for Abyss

chasm, crevasse, depth, void, abysm, fissure, gorge, gulf, hole, pit