noun
- plural of abysm; deep chasms or gulfs; bottomless depths
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- The ancient text spoke of dark abysms beneath the earth.
- Poets often wrote of the soul’s abysms in their verses.
- The explorer gazed into the mountain’s abysms with wonder.
- Medieval writers described hell as filled with fiery abysms.
- The ship sailed over oceanic abysms of unknown depth.