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abismo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abyss noun A very deep, seemingly bottomless chasm or void.
  • chasm noun A deep, steep-sided crack or gap in the earth.
  • underworld noun The organized criminal side of society, especially those involved in serious or large-scale crime.

Senses

abismo is used for these senses in English:

  • abyss Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  • chasm (geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
  • chasm (by extension) A large difference of opinion.
  • underworld (religion, or, mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.

abyss — full definition

  1. noun A very deep, seemingly bottomless chasm or void.
  2. noun A situation or state of overwhelming trouble, hopelessness, or ruin.

chasm — full definition

  1. noun A deep, steep-sided crack or gap in the earth.
  2. noun A very large difference between two people, ideas, or groups.

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