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abyss

/əˈbɪs/

abyssnoun

abysses

/əˈbɪs/

Translations

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.

Definitions

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.

Synonyms

bottomless pit

abyssverb

abyssed

Past Simple

abyssed

Past Participle

abyssing

ing-form

/əˈbɪs/

Archaic, rare transitive verb meaning "to engulf; to swallow up".

Translations

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

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.