Associations to the word «Abyss»

Pictures for the word «Abyss»

Wiktionary

ABYSS, noun. Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
ABYSS, noun. (frequently figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
ABYSS, noun. Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
ABYSS, noun. Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
ABYSS, noun. An impending catastrophic happening.
ABYSS, noun. (heraldry) The center of an escutcheon.

Dictionary definition

ABYSS, noun. A bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King