ABYSS
What does "ABYSS" mean?
A deep or seemingly bottomless chasm.
Meanings
- A vast, profound depth or void, especially a bottomless gulf. The submarine descended into the dark ocean abyss.
- An overwhelming or hopeless situation; a moral or emotional void. After the loss he felt himself slipping into an abyss of grief. figurative
Did you know?
- The word names a real ocean layer: the 'abyssal zone' lies roughly 3,000 to 6,000 metres down, in permanent darkness, where animals must make their own light or live without it.
Word origin
From Greek 'abyssos' ('bottomless'), formed from 'a-' (without) and 'byssos' (depth or bottom), into Late Latin 'abyssus' and then English.
Remember it
ABYSS literally means 'a-byss', Greek for 'no bottom' - and the double S drops away like a fall with no floor.
A little poem
No floor and no light-
the stone you drop returns no
sound to tell you when.
haiku
Wordplay
- I stared into the abyss. It said it would get back to me - apparently it gazes back, but not promptly.
What it teaches
An abyss is only frightening from the edge; courage is the first metre of the descent.
Quick facts
What does ABYSS mean?
A deep or seemingly bottomless chasm.
Is ABYSS a valid word?
Yes — ABYSS is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ABYSS?
ABYSS has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ABYSS come from?
From Greek 'abyssos' ('bottomless'), formed from 'a-' (without) and 'byssos' (depth or bottom), into Late Latin 'abyssus' and then English.
What can ABYSS teach us?
An abyss is only frightening from the edge; courage is the first metre of the descent.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.