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Abyss

Translations

abyssnoun
abysses
pl
UK
/əˈbɪs/
US
/əˈbɪs/
abîmeSens concret ou figuré; aussi pour une situation catastrophique.
The explorers peered into the abyss.
Les explorateurs ont scruté l’abîme.
Additional translations
abîmeAu sens religieux ou biblique.
précipicePour un abîme concret, au sens d’à-pic ou de ravin profond.
gouffrePour un écart profond entre des personnes, des idées ou des situations.
Synonyms
gulf
precipice
crevasse
fissure
bottomless pit
depth
void
chasm
abyssverb
abyssed
Past Simple
abyssed
Past Participle
abyssing
Gerund
UK
/əˈbɪs/
US
/əˈbɪs/
Archaic, rare transitive verb meaning "to engulf; to swallow up".
engloutirSens archaïque.
The raging sea threatened to abyss the tiny fishing vessels.
La mer déchaînée menaçait d’engloutir les petits bateaux de pêche.
Additional translations
submergerSens archaïque; pour l’idée d’être recouvert ou noyé.

Definitions

abyssnoun
A deep or seemingly bottomless chasm.
The explorers peered into the abyss, unsure of what lay at the bottom.
A wide or profound difference between people; a gulf.
There was an abyss between their political beliefs that could not be bridged.
A catastrophic situation seen as likely to occur.
The country was on the brink of an economic abyss.
Hell; the infernal regions, especially considered as a place of eternal damnation.
In medieval legends, the damned were cast into the abyss to suffer for eternity.
abyssverb
Archaic. To swallow up or engulf completely, as if in an abyss; to bury or immerse deeply.
The raging sea threatened to abyss the tiny fishing vessels.
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