Synonyms for abysmal
əˈbɪz məlabysmal

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1. abysmaladjective

   very great; limitless

   "abysmal misery"; "abysmal stupidity"

   Synonyms:
   unfathomable, abyssal

   Antonyms:
   shallow, mensurable, measurable

2. abysmal, abyssal, unfathomableadjective

   resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable

   "the abyssal depths of the ocean"

   Synonyms:
   unfathomable, abyssal

   Antonyms:
   mensurable, measurable, shallow

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1. List of paraphrases for "abysmal":

   catastrophic, appalling

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1. Academy Awards.Lady Gaga:

   First of all... social media, quite frankly, is the toilet of the internet and what it's done to pop culture is abysmal, people saw love and, guess what, that's what we wanted to you to see. This is a love song.

2. Terrisa Bukovinac:

   Big Abortion has ensured that abortion remains unregulated, making in-clinic abortions indistinguishable from so-called ‘back alley’ abortions, abortion-vulnerable communities need economic and racial justice to address the root cause of abortion and the abysmal maternal mortality rate, especially for Black women, not the option to terminate the lives of our offspring!

3. Tim Malloy:

   Hillary Clinton's numbers on honesty and trust may border on abysmal but Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, the GOP front runner, is still battling a name recognition handicap, do Colorado voters trust Hillary? No, they do not. Do they think she cares about their needs? No, they do not.

4. Rubana Huq:

   It's abysmal, it's unreal, i don't want any grant, I don't want any kind of charity, I just want the bare minimum justice for our workers.

5. Ernie Crey:

   The record of the federal government where consultation is concerned is abysmal at best.