abysmal

The word “abysmal” has 3 syllables: a-bys-mal

It's pronounced as /əˈbɪzməl/


What is synonym and antonym for abysmal?

In the thesaurus, “abysmal” has 23 synonyms and 21 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for abysmal along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for abysmal

  • abyssal
  • bottomless
  • boundless
  • complete
  • deep
  • endless
  • extreme
  • fathomless
  • illimitable
  • immeasurable
  • incalculable
  • inestimable
  • infinite
  • limitless
  • measureless
  • plumbless
  • plummetless
  • profound
  • thorough
  • unending
  • unfathomable
  • unlimited
  • vast

Antonyms for abysmal

  • confined
  • depthless
  • even
  • finite
  • flat
  • flush
  • horizontal
  • infinite
  • level
  • limited
  • low
  • measured
  • plane
  • restricted
  • shallow
  • shoal
  • skin-deep
  • smooth
  • superficial
  • surface
  • two-dimensional

Meanings of abysmal

  • adjective
    1. Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss.
    2. Extremely bad; terrible.

Example Sentences

  • The team's performance was so abysmal that the coach decided to make major changes.
  • She was disappointed by the abysmal customer service she received at the restaurant.
  • The company's financial report revealed abysmal losses for the quarter.
  • His attempt at cooking dinner was an abysmal failure.
  • The quality of the product was abysmal, leading to numerous customer complaints.

On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abysmal, such as: abyssal, bottomless, boundless, complete, confined, deep, depthless.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

egregiously

  • abominably
  • abysmally
  • atrociously
  • awfully
  • bad
  • badly
  • damnably
  • deficiently
  • deplorably
  • detestably
  • disastrously
  • dreadfully
  • execrably
  • flagrantly
  • grossly
  • horrendously
  • horribly
  • horrifically
  • inadequately
  • inappropriately
  • incorrectly
  • indecently
  • inferiorly
  • insufficiently
  • intolerably
  • lousily
  • meagerly
  • meanly
  • miserably
  • naughtily
  • niggardly
  • odiously
  • poorly
  • reprehensibly
  • rottenly
  • scantily
  • scantly
  • shabbily
  • shoddily
  • skimpily
  • sleazily
  • sparely
  • stingily
  • terribly
  • trashily
  • unacceptably
  • unbearably
  • unsatisfactorily
  • unspeakably
  • unsuitably
  • vilely
  • vulgarly
  • wretchedly

paltry

  • Mickey Mouse
  • abhorrent
  • abominable
  • abysmal
  • atrocious
  • awful
  • bad
  • base
  • bastard
  • beggarly
  • below par
  • blamable
  • blameworthy
  • brutal
  • bum
  • bush
  • bush-league
  • censurable
  • cheap
  • cheesy
  • chicken
  • coarse
  • common
  • condemnable
  • contemptible
  • corrupt
  • counterfeit
  • cowardly
  • crappy
  • craven
  • cruddy
  • cruel
  • crumby
  • crummy
  • currish
  • cut-rate
  • damnable
  • dastardly
  • de minimis
  • debased
  • debauched
  • defective
  • deficient
  • degenerate
  • deplorable
  • depraved
  • derisory
  • despicable
  • detestable
  • dirty
  • disastrous
  • discreditable
  • disgraceful
  • disgusting
  • dishonorable
  • disreputable
  • dissatisfactory
  • dissolute
  • dreadful
  • egregious
  • evil
  • execrable
  • fake
  • faulty
  • flagrant
  • flawed
  • footling
  • foul
  • from hunger
  • gnarly
  • gross
  • grubby
  • hairsplitting
  • hateful
  • horrendous
  • horrible
  • ignoble
  • ignominious
  • ill
  • immoral
  • imperceptible
  • inadequate
  • inappreciable
  • inconsequential
  • inconsiderable
  • ineffectual
  • inferior
  • iniquitous
  • insignificant
  • insufficient
  • junky
  • lacking
  • lame
  • lesser
  • limited
  • little
  • loathsome
  • lousy
  • low
  • low-down
  • low-grade
  • low-minded
  • low-rent
  • meager
  • meagre
  • mean
  • measly
  • mediocre
  • minor
  • minute
  • miscreant
  • miserable
  • miserly
  • narrow
  • nasty
  • negligible
  • niggardly
  • niggling
  • nitpicking
  • no-account
  • nominal
  • odious
  • off
  • one-horse
  • pathetic
  • peanut
  • perverted
  • pettifogging
  • petty
  • phoney
  • phony
  • picayune
  • piddling
  • piddly
  • piffling
  • pimping
  • pitiable
  • pitiful
  • poor
  • punk
  • puny
  • quibbling
  • ratty
  • reprehensible
  • reproachable
  • reptilian
  • repugnant
  • repulsive
  • revolting
  • revulsive
  • rotten
  • rubbishy
  • scabby
  • scanty
  • scummy
  • scurrilous
  • scurvy
  • second-rate
  • set
  • shabby
  • sham
  • shameful
  • shoddy
  • short
  • skimp
  • skimpy
  • sleazy
  • slight
  • small
  • small-fry
  • sneaking
  • snide
  • sordid
  • sorry
  • sour
  • spare
  • squalid
  • stingy
  • stinky
  • suboptimal
  • subpar
  • substandard
  • sucky
  • terrible
  • tiny
  • trashy
  • trifling
  • trivial
  • two-bit
  • unacceptable
  • unconsequential
  • under par
  • unethical
  • unimportant
  • unprincipled
  • unsatisfactory
  • unscrupulous
  • unspeakable
  • unworthy
  • useless
  • valueless
  • vicious
  • vile
  • villainous
  • wack
  • wanting
  • wicked
  • worthless
  • wretched
  • wrong

off

  • X-rated
  • abeyant
  • abominable
  • above
  • abroad
  • absent
  • abysmal
  • afar
  • afield
  • ahead
  • amiss
  • annihilate
  • apart
  • arrested
  • aside
  • askew
  • asleep
  • assassinate
  • astray
  • at rest
  • atrocious
  • away
  • away from
  • awful
  • awry
  • bad
  • barnyard
  • bastard
  • bawdy
  • behind
  • below
  • below par
  • beneath
  • beside
  • blot out
  • blow away
  • blue
  • brutal
  • bum
  • bump off
  • bush
  • bush-league
  • butcher
  • canceled
  • carry off
  • cheesy
  • claim
  • coarse
  • coarse-grained
  • comatose
  • common
  • counterfactual
  • counterfeit
  • crappy
  • croak
  • crude
  • crumby
  • crummy
  • cut down
  • cut-rate
  • damnable
  • dead
  • deceitful
  • deceptive
  • decomposed
  • defective
  • deficient
  • delusive
  • delusory
  • deplorable
  • destroy
  • detestable
  • dirty
  • disappearing
  • disappointing
  • disastrous
  • disheartening
  • dishonest
  • dispatch
  • displeasing
  • dissatisfactory
  • distorted
  • divergent
  • do away with
  • do in
  • dormant
  • down
  • dreadful
  • dull
  • earthy
  • egregious
  • eliminate
  • elsewhere
  • eradicate
  • erroneous
  • execrable
  • execute
  • exterminate
  • fabricated
  • fake
  • fallacious
  • fallow
  • false
  • far
  • farther away
  • faulty
  • fell
  • fictitious
  • filthy
  • finished
  • flagrant
  • flawed
  • foul
  • fragile
  • frail
  • fraudulent
  • free
  • fro
  • from hunger
  • gamey
  • gamy
  • get
  • gnarly
  • gone away
  • gross
  • gutter
  • hence
  • horrendous
  • horrible
  • ice
  • idle
  • ill
  • illusory
  • immodest
  • in the distance
  • inaccurate
  • inactive
  • inadequate
  • incorrect
  • indecent
  • indecorous
  • indelicate
  • inert
  • inexact
  • inferior
  • inoperable
  • inoperative
  • insufficient
  • interrupted
  • invalid
  • invented
  • junky
  • kill
  • knock off
  • lacking
  • lame
  • lascivious
  • latent
  • leering
  • lesser
  • lewd
  • lifeless
  • liquidate
  • little
  • locker-room
  • lousy
  • low-grade
  • low-quality
  • low-rent
  • lying
  • made-up
  • marginal
  • massacre
  • meager
  • meagre
  • mean
  • mediocre
  • mendacious
  • minimal
  • minor
  • miscreant
  • miserable
  • miserly
  • misleading
  • moribund
  • mortifying
  • murder
  • nasty
  • naughty
  • negligible
  • neutralize
  • niggardly
  • not employed
  • not here
  • not on duty
  • not up to par
  • not up to snuff
  • obscene
  • odious
  • off base
  • off-color
  • off-colored
  • on the shelf
  • on vacation
  • out
  • out of commission
  • outside
  • over
  • paltry
  • pathetic
  • phoney
  • phony
  • poor
  • pornographic
  • porny
  • postponed
  • prurient
  • punk
  • put away
  • putrid
  • quiescent
  • quiet
  • racy
  • rancid
  • raunchy
  • remote
  • removed
  • reprehensible
  • ribald
  • rotten
  • rub out
  • rubbishy
  • salty
  • scanty
  • scurrilous
  • second-rate
  • shabby
  • sham
  • shoddy
  • shoot
  • shoot down
  • short
  • skimp
  • skimpy
  • slack
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • sleazy
  • sleepy
  • slender
  • slight
  • slim
  • slow
  • small
  • smite
  • smutty
  • snuff
  • sour
  • spare
  • specious
  • spicy
  • spurious
  • stag
  • stingy
  • stinky
  • suboptimal
  • subpar
  • substandard
  • sucky
  • suggestive
  • suspended
  • take out
  • terminate
  • terrible
  • tiny
  • to one side
  • trashy
  • trumped-up
  • turned
  • turning aside
  • unacceptable
  • unavailable
  • unconfirmed
  • under par
  • unoccupied
  • unprintable
  • unproven
  • unpublishable
  • unrewarding
  • unsatisfactory
  • unsound
  • unspeakable
  • untested
  • untrue
  • untruthful
  • unusable
  • unused
  • unworkable
  • up front
  • useless
  • vacant
  • valueless
  • vanishing
  • vile
  • villainous
  • vulgar
  • wack
  • wanting
  • warm
  • whack
  • wipe out
  • worthless
  • wretched
  • wrong
  • zap

wanting

  • abominable
  • absent
  • abysmal
  • admiring
  • adoring
  • appreciating
  • asking
  • atrocious
  • away
  • awful
  • bad
  • bankrupt
  • bare
  • bastard
  • bearing
  • begging
  • below par
  • bereft
  • brutal
  • bum
  • burned out
  • bush
  • bush-league
  • calling for
  • challenging
  • cheesy
  • cherishing
  • choosing
  • claiming
  • coarse
  • commanding
  • common
  • cooked
  • counterfeit
  • coveting
  • crappy
  • craving
  • crumby
  • crummy
  • cut off
  • cut-rate
  • damnable
  • dead
  • deciding
  • defective
  • deficient
  • defunct
  • demanding
  • departed
  • deplorable
  • deprived
  • desiderating
  • desiring
  • destitute
  • determining
  • detestable
  • devoid
  • digging
  • disappointing
  • disastrous
  • dissatisfactory
  • done
  • dreadful
  • egregious
  • empty
  • enjoining
  • enjoying
  • entailing
  • exacting
  • execrable
  • expired
  • extinct
  • failing
  • fake
  • fancying
  • faulty
  • favoring
  • feeling like
  • finished
  • flagrant
  • flawed
  • from hunger
  • gnarly
  • gone
  • gross
  • half-baked
  • hand-to-mouth
  • horrendous
  • horrible
  • ill
  • imperfect
  • in default
  • inadequate
  • incomplete
  • inferior
  • insisting
  • insufficient
  • involving
  • junky
  • lacking
  • lame
  • lapsed
  • lean
  • less
  • lesser
  • light
  • liking
  • lost
  • lousy
  • loving
  • low
  • low-grade
  • low-rent
  • meager
  • meagre
  • mean
  • mediocre
  • mere
  • minimum
  • minus
  • miscreant
  • miserable
  • miserly
  • missing
  • necessitating
  • needed
  • needing
  • niggardly
  • nonexistent
  • not good enough
  • not up to par
  • obsolete
  • odious
  • off
  • omitted
  • out of gas
  • over
  • paltry
  • patchy
  • pathetic
  • perished
  • phoney
  • phony
  • pleasing
  • poor
  • preferring
  • pressing
  • prizing
  • punk
  • questing
  • rare
  • relishing
  • reprehensible
  • requiring
  • resolving
  • rotten
  • rubbishy
  • sans
  • scant
  • scanty
  • scarce
  • scurrilous
  • second-rate
  • shabby
  • sham
  • shoddy
  • short
  • shy
  • sketchy
  • skimp
  • skimpy
  • sleazy
  • slender
  • slight
  • slim
  • small
  • sour
  • spare
  • sparse
  • stingy
  • stinky
  • stipulating
  • suboptimal
  • subpar
  • substandard
  • sucky
  • taking
  • terrible
  • too little too late
  • trashy
  • treasuring
  • unacceptable
  • uncommon
  • under par
  • unfulfilled
  • unsatisfactory
  • unsound
  • unspeakable
  • useless
  • valueless
  • valuing
  • vanished
  • vile
  • villainous
  • wack
  • warranting
  • welcoming
  • willing
  • wishing
  • without
  • worthless
  • wretched
  • wrong

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