abysmal
Worse than awful
Abysmal means extremely bad or severe, suggesting a bottomless depth of failure or inadequacy: abysmal performance, abysmal working conditions, The food was abysmal.
The word derives from abyss, implying something so poor it seems to have no bottom.
Less commonly, abysmal describes literal vast depths: abysmal ocean trenches.
Extremely bad quality
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
- appallingInspiring horror or disgust
- atrociousAppallingly, shockingly wicked
- horrendousExtremely unpleasant or bad
deplorable · dismal · wretched · miserable · pathetic · pitiful · lousy · horrid
Deep, steep-sided gap
- bottomlessHaving no base
- fathomlessImmeasurably deep or obscure
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
- depthsLowest or innermost regions
void · gulf · plunging · cavernous · yawning · profound · immeasurable · depthless
Total absence of hope
- futileIncapable of producing results
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- irredeemableImpossible to reform
- forlornSad and abandoned
defeated · grim · hopelessness · despairing · desperate · insurmountable · unrecoverable · beyond help
awful
Extremely bad quality
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
- appallingInspiring horror or disgust
- atrociousAppallingly, shockingly wicked
horrendous · deplorable · dismal · wretched · miserable · pathetic · pitiful · lousy · horrid · woeful
chasm
Deep, steep-sided gap
- bottomlessHaving no base
- fathomlessImmeasurably deep or obscure
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
depths · void · gulf · plunging · cavernous · yawning · profound · immeasurable · depthless · canyon
despair
Total absence of hope
- futileIncapable of producing results
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- irredeemableImpossible to reform
forlorn · defeated · grim · hopelessness · despairing · desperate · insurmountable · unrecoverable · beyond help · lost cause
- inferiorinferior, substandard, second-rate, second-class, subpar
- I ChingI Ching, trigram, trigrams, hexagram, hexagrams
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- shortcomingsdeficient, inadequate, lacking, inferior, subpar
- infernalhellish, demonic, diabolical, satanic, devilish
abysmalexcellent
Of superior quality
superb · outstanding · exceptional · wonderful · stellar