abyss
Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean oceanHell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
» Liquorice is the darkest abyss of culinary experiences.
Локриця - це найтемніша бездна кулінарного досвіду.
Meaning
8 sensesHell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
Abgrund, Hölle
про́пастьprópastʹ, бе́зднаbézdna
безо́дняbezódnja, прі́рваprírva, прова́лляprovállja
A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
Abgrund
бе́зднаbézdna, про́пастьprópastʹ, пучи́наpučína
безо́дняbezódnja, прі́рваprírva, пучи́наpučýna
a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
про́рваprórva
Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
They fell into the abyss of drug addiction.
Abgrund
бе́зднаbézdna
An impending catastrophic happening.
про́пастьprópastʹ
The center of an escutcheon; fess point.
се́рдцеsérdce
The abyssal zone.
(figuratively)A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
Examples
46 sentencesLiquorice is the darkest abyss of culinary experiences.
Локриця - це найтемніша бездна кулінарного досвіду.
He was swallowed by the abyss.
Education is sliding into an abyss.
ruОбразование скатывается в пропасть.
Morocco risks falling into the abyss.
The abyss has swallowed him up.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus (“a bottomless gulf”), from Ancient GFrom Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus (“a bottomless gulf”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos, “bottomless”, from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βυσσός (bussós, “deep place”)), from βυθός (buthós, “deep place”). Displaced native Old English neowolnes.
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