abyss

Значение (Английский)

1. Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
2. A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
3. Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
4. Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
5. An impending catastrophic happening.
6. The center of an escutcheon.
7. The abyssal zone.
8. A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

Синонимы

chasm

gulf

precipice

depth

abysm

deep

ravine

hell

gap

gorge

bottomless pit

pit

muzzle

cliff

profundity

jaws

the deep

deep pool

deep pit

maw

depths

mouth

fess point

tunnel

fissure

deep-ocean floor

arroyo

collapse

crash

crevasse

deepness

divide

inferno

intensity

mine

mountain

⛰️

pass

profoundness

rent

rock

🪨

rubble

ruin

underworld

unfathomable

wreck

hades

one’s innermost feelings

natherworld

deep hole

deep-sea floor

Пишется через дефис как

a‧byss

Произносится как (IPA)

/əˈbɪs/

Этимология (Английский)

From 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.