abysm

abysm

noun \ə-ˈbi-zəm\

Definition of ABYSM

: abyss <the dark backward and abysm of time — Shakespeare>

Examples of ABYSM

1. <a recurrent dream in which he would fall helplessly into a dark and silent abysm>

Origin of ABYSM

Middle English abime, from Anglo-French abisme, modification of Late Latin abyssus

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to ABYSM

Synonyms: abyss, chasm, deep, gulf, ocean

Related Words: cleft, crevasse, crevice, fissure; cavern, hole, hollow, pit; breadth, expanse, extent, reach, spread, stretch; black hole, emptiness, nothingness, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void

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Rhymes with ABYSM

ageism, autism, baalism, baptism, Birchism, bossism, bruxism, Buddhism, casteism, centrism, charism, Chartism, classism, cubism, cultism, czarism, deism, dwarfism, faddism, fauvism, Gaullism, Grecism, Hobbism, holism, Jainism, Klanism, leftism, lyrism, Mahdism, Maoism, Marxism, monism, mutism, Nazism, nudism, Orphism, priggism, purism, Ramism, rightism, sadism, Saivism, sapphism, Scotism, sexism, Shaktism, Shiism, Sikhism, simplism, snobbism, sophism, statism, Sufism, tachism, Tantrism, Taoism, theism, Thomism, tourism, tropism, truism, Turkism, verism, Whiggism, Yahwism