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Synonyms for abyss
əˈbɪsabyss

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.5 / 11 votes

  1. abyss

    Synonyms:
    gulf, profound, gorge, deep, pit, chasm, depth

    Antonyms:
    surface, cavity, depression, indentation

Princeton's WordNet1.4 / 11 votes

  1. abyss, abysmnoun

    a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

    Synonyms:
    abysm

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Dictionary of English Synonymes4.5 / 2 votes

  1. abyssnoun

    Synonyms:
    gulf, gorge, great depth, bottomless gulf or pit

  2. abyssnoun

    Synonyms:
    hell, limbo, purgatory

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "abyss":

    chasm, precipice, cesspool, gulf, gap, brink, divide, sinkhole

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How to use abyss in a sentence?

  1. Artyom Nazarov:

    To live in a country that is descending into an abyss of absurdity and fear is much more frightening than what happened to me or could happen there (on Sunday).

  2. Martin Tobias Lithner:

    Psychology can be described as the intrepid exploration of the abyss within the human psyche, where the shadows of consciousness intermingle with the radiant glow of self-awareness. In this vast inner expanse, the seeker delves into the chasms of unconscious motivations and the labyrinthine corridors of memory, charting a course through the intricacies of emotion and cognition.

  3. Justin Forsyth:

    What we needed from EU foreign ministers today was life-saving action, but they dithered, with each day we delay we lose more innocent lives and Europe slips further into an immoral abyss.

  4. Kedar Joshi:

    The universe is a philosophical abyss.

  5. Justin Forsyth:

    With each day we delay we lose more innocent lives and Europe slips further into an immoral abyss, right now, people desperately seeking a better life are drowning in politics.


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