Definition
abysses
noun
- plural of abyss; extremely deep holes or chasms
- plural of abyss; vast immeasurable spaces or situations of extreme difficulty
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The ocean floor contains mysterious abysses that have never been explored.
- Scientists study the creatures living in deep-sea abysses.
- The earthquake created several abysses in the mountainside.
- She felt lost in the abysses of her own despair.
- The financial crisis opened abysses between rich and poor.
- Ancient myths spoke of monsters dwelling in dark abysses.
- The canyon revealed multiple abysses carved by centuries of erosion.