abyss

Meaning

Noun

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

Related

Similar words

• gulf

Origin

• From Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus ("a bottomless gulf"), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος ("bottomless"), from ἀ- + βυσσός, from βυθός. Displaced native .