Abyss
noun
A very deep or seemingly endless hole or space.
He looked down into the dark abyss.
Often appears as...
- stare into the abyss
- edge of the abyss
noun
A very intense or severe situation that seems impossible to escape from.
The country is in an abyss of economic despair.
Often appears as...
- abyss of despair
- fall into the abyss
noun
The underworld or hell in many religious traditions.
The souls were cast into the abyss.
Often appears as...
- cast into the abyss
- abyss of hell
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Religious
noun
The deepest parts of the ocean.
Many mysteries still lie within the ocean's abyss.
Often appears as...
- ocean abyss
- abyss layer
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Technical
noun
A very deep or seemingly endless hole or space.
He looked down into the dark abyss.
Often appears as...
- stare into the abyss
- edge of the abyss
noun
A very intense or severe situation that seems impossible to escape from.
The country is in an abyss of economic despair.
Often appears as...
- abyss of despair
- fall into the abyss
noun
The underworld or hell in many religious traditions.
The souls were cast into the abyss.
Often appears as...
- cast into the abyss
- abyss of hell
Usage tips
Religious
noun
The deepest parts of the ocean.
Many mysteries still lie within the ocean's abyss.
Often appears as...
- ocean abyss
- abyss layer
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Metaphorical Use
'Abyss' can be used metaphorically to describe a situation that is very difficult or impossible to deal with.
After losing his job, he stared into the financial abyss.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Depth
'Abyss' often implies a deep emotional response, such as fear or awe, due to its vastness.
Standing at the cliff, she felt an overwhelming abyss before her.
Pro Tip 1/2Metaphorical Use
'Abyss' can be used metaphorically to describe a situation that is very difficult or impossible to deal with.
After losing his job, he stared into the financial abyss.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Depth
'Abyss' often implies a deep emotional response, such as fear or awe, due to its vastness.
Standing at the cliff, she felt an overwhelming abyss before her.
Pro Tip 1/2Metaphorical Use
'Abyss' can be used metaphorically to describe a situation that is very difficult or impossible to deal with.
After losing his job, he stared into the financial abyss.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Depth
'Abyss' often implies a deep emotional response, such as fear or awe, due to its vastness.
Standing at the cliff, she felt an overwhelming abyss before her.
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James Cameron to Dive to...
exploration they also actually believed in the underlying mission which is to push back the boundaries of the known world you know and that's what this this expedition is all about the deep trenches what they call the hazle depths below the abyssal depths like if an abyss isn't deep enough you can go to
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Art can fail PIPE JR
now I'm gonna kill her like what man you know this abyss intense I agree but I taught him chill down this is just a piece of violence give it back and he keep travelling with her in different countries and then say oh I'm gonna kill her if they don't pay I think they pay
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Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
But again, I'm really trying to dig deep, challenge myself, find that voice and kind of honor it. A huge part of why we feel the ocean is so powerful with grief, is that she embodies this kind of endless abyss that can hold all of us.
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Why does the universe...
that they can form the abyss, that it's pregnant with being. They can call a world into existence out of nothing. But that's a very primitive view of what a physical law is, right? We know that physical laws are actually
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How My Mind Came Back to...
I was shocked, but as I thought about what she had said, I was filled with enormous compassion and love for my mother, yet I could do nothing about it. There were many moments when I gave up, sinking into a dark abyss.
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Should we be looking for...
That life could be benevolent, as we would hope to be if humans are one day able to achieve interstellar travel. Or it could be hostile. Searching for planets that might have life means staring into a great abyss.
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How we can end sexual...
It was the scariest moment of my life; an excruciating choice to make. I fell into an abyss all alone, not knowing what would be below.
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What happens in your...
Alright, cool, I think we're good. To all my peeps who came to get deep, deep as the abyss -- check this.
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Living Off the Land in...
There, Kimi takes a deep breath of air and disappears down into the abyss.
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The End of Time PIPE The...
a moth to a flame pulled from its parent star towards the abyss
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James Cameron to Dive to...
exploration they also actually believed in the underlying mission which is to push back the boundaries of the known world you know and that's what this this expedition is all about the deep trenches what they call the hazle depths below the abyssal depths like if an abyss isn't deep enough you can go to
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Art can fail PIPE JR
now I'm gonna kill her like what man you know this abyss intense I agree but I taught him chill down this is just a piece of violence give it back and he keep travelling with her in different countries and then say oh I'm gonna kill her if they don't pay I think they pay
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Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
But again, I'm really trying to dig deep, challenge myself, find that voice and kind of honor it. A huge part of why we feel the ocean is so powerful with grief, is that she embodies this kind of endless abyss that can hold all of us.
Video examples
Why does the universe...
that they can form the abyss, that it's pregnant with being. They can call a world into existence out of nothing. But that's a very primitive view of what a physical law is, right? We know that physical laws are actually
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How My Mind Came Back to...
I was shocked, but as I thought about what she had said, I was filled with enormous compassion and love for my mother, yet I could do nothing about it. There were many moments when I gave up, sinking into a dark abyss.
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Should we be looking for...
That life could be benevolent, as we would hope to be if humans are one day able to achieve interstellar travel. Or it could be hostile. Searching for planets that might have life means staring into a great abyss.
Video examples
How we can end sexual...
It was the scariest moment of my life; an excruciating choice to make. I fell into an abyss all alone, not knowing what would be below.
Video examples
What happens in your...
Alright, cool, I think we're good. To all my peeps who came to get deep, deep as the abyss -- check this.
Video examples
Living Off the Land in...
There, Kimi takes a deep breath of air and disappears down into the abyss.
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The End of Time PIPE The...
a moth to a flame pulled from its parent star towards the abyss
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Andrew Cohen
American Writer
When a human being becomes so still that they begin to lose awareness of their gender, and they are simply looking into that abyss where there is no notion of self whatsoever, the world disappears. And that's really the only place to go. It's the only place to remain.
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Robert Krulwich
American Journalist
Journalism doesn't have to be your first love... or your only love. You can come to it in desperation, because you can't think of anything better to do with your life, that it's this or the abyss. But once you get going... it helps if you love it.
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Regina Brett
American Journalist
The secret to success, to parenting, to life, is to not count up the cost. Don't focus on all the steps it will take. Don't stare into the abyss at the giant leap it will take. That view will keep you from taking the next small step.
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Jim Nantz
American Entertainer
As my father went through a really, really long and dark period of his health declining and falling deeper into the abyss, I knew I was never going to let my family and my children experience this without any long-term care.
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Julien Green
American Novelist
A child's fear is a world whose dark corners are quite unknown to grownup people; it has its sky and its abysses, a sky without stars, abysses into which no light can ever penetrate.
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Eric Clapton
British Musician
Yeah, and I went straight into a fantasy world. Just stepped straight into the abyss. You know, I was gone and kids used to walk past my front room, cause I lived on the green.
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Hal Holbrook
American Actor
Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
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Joseph Campbell
American Author
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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Andrew Cohen
American Writer
When a human being becomes so still that they begin to lose awareness of their gender, and they are simply looking into that abyss where there is no notion of self whatsoever, the world disappears. And that's really the only place to go. It's the only place to remain.
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Robert Krulwich
American Journalist
Journalism doesn't have to be your first love... or your only love. You can come to it in desperation, because you can't think of anything better to do with your life, that it's this or the abyss. But once you get going... it helps if you love it.
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Regina Brett
American Journalist
The secret to success, to parenting, to life, is to not count up the cost. Don't focus on all the steps it will take. Don't stare into the abyss at the giant leap it will take. That view will keep you from taking the next small step.
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Jim Nantz
American Entertainer
As my father went through a really, really long and dark period of his health declining and falling deeper into the abyss, I knew I was never going to let my family and my children experience this without any long-term care.
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Julien Green
American Novelist
A child's fear is a world whose dark corners are quite unknown to grownup people; it has its sky and its abysses, a sky without stars, abysses into which no light can ever penetrate.
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Eric Clapton
British Musician
Yeah, and I went straight into a fantasy world. Just stepped straight into the abyss. You know, I was gone and kids used to walk past my front room, cause I lived on the green.
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Hal Holbrook
American Actor
Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
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Joseph Campbell
American Author
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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