of or like an abyss; immeasurably deep or great. extremely or hopelessly bad or severe: abysmal ignorance; abysmal poverty.

What is the real meaning of abysmal?

1a : immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad abysmal ignorance/poverty abysmal living conditions an abysmal performance. b : having immense or fathomless extension downward, backward, or inward an abysmal cliff. 2 : abyssal sense 2.

What type of word is abysmal?

Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound; fathomless; immeasurable. Extremely bad.