noun
- a very deep hole or space that seems to have no bottom
- a situation or state that is very bad and seems hopeless
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The climber stared into the dark abyss below.
- Scientists explored the ocean’s deepest abyss.
- After losing his job, he felt like he was falling into an abyss of despair.
- The country teetered on the edge of economic abyss.
- She gazed into the abyss of the canyon.
- The financial crisis created an abyss between rich and poor.
- His depression felt like a bottomless abyss.