abyss

Noun

abyss

1. A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.

   Quotations

   • Ye powers and spirits of this nethermost abyss - John Milton
   • The throne is darkness, in the abyss of light - John Dryden
   • And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you - Friedrich Nietzsche

2. Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.

   Quotations

   • The abysses of metaphysical theology - Thomas Macaulay
   • In unfathomable abysses of disgrace - Edmund Burke

3. (Heraldry): The center of an escutcheon.

5 letters in word "abyss": A B S S Y.

Anagrams of abyss:

• bassy

Words found within abyss:

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