Word Meanings - ABYSMAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound. Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy does of space. Carlyle.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ABYSMAL)

• Fathomless
• Bottomless
• profound
• abysmal
• Profound
• Deep
• fathomless
• penetrating
• intimate
• solemn
• abstruse
• recondite
• philosophical
• strong
• vivid
• intense
• deepseated

Related words: (words related to ABYSMAL)

• SOLEMNIZATION
  The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.
• INTIMATE
  corresponding to the compar. interior cf. F. intime. The form 1. Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. "I knew from intimate impulse." Milton. 2. Near; close; direct; thorough; complete. He was honored with an intimate and immediate
• SOLEMNIZE
  1. To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms. Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. Hooker. 2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate. Their choice nobility and flowers
• SOLEMN
  Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form. Burrill. Jarman. Greenleaf. Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant, 2. Syn. -- Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious;
• SOLEMNIZATE
  To solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony. Bp. Burnet.
• ABSTRUSELY
  In an abstruse manner.
• SOLEMNLY
  In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally. There in deaf murmurs solemnly are wise. Dryden. I do solemnly assure the reader. Swift.
• STRONGYLOID
  Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n.
• INTENSE
  to stretch: cf. F. intense. See Intend, and cf. Intent, and cf. 1. Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought. 2. Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as:
• ABYSMAL
  Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound. Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy does of space. Carlyle.
• STRONGYLID
  Strongyloid.
• SOLEMNNESS
  The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity; impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship.
• INTENSENESS
  The state or quality of being intense; intensity; as, the intenseness of heat or cold; the intenseness of study or thought.
• PROFOUNDNESS
  The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth. Hooker.
• PROFOUNDLY
  In a profound manner. Why sigh you so profoundly Shak.
• PENETRATING
  1. Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor. 2. Acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover; as, a penetrating mind.
• RECONDITE
  of recondere to put up again, to lay up, to conceal; pref. re- re- + 1. Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things. 2. Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as, recondite studies.
• INTIMATELY
  In an intimate manner.
• FATHOMLESS
  1. Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded. And buckle in a waist most fathomless. Shak. 2. Incomprehensible. The fathomless absurdity. Milton.
• STRONG
  strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous, OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong, severe, Dan. streng, Sw. sträng 1. Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily
• INTERPENETRATE
  To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually. It interpenetrates my granite mass. Shelley.
• HEADSTRONG
  1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden. 2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy. Dryden. Syn. -- Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; unratable; stubborn;
• HEADSTRONGNESS
  Obstinacy. Gayton.