Vocabulary
Abysmal
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
extremely bad; appalling.
Urdu meaning
انتہائی پست، ناقابل پیمائش، گہرا،اتھاہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- However, while citizens rightly blame government agencies for Karachi`s abysmal state of affairs, the city`s business community also deserves flak.
- Abysmal human development indicators make the picture even bleaker.
- Pakistan cannot afford to add millions of children to the already abysmal total of out-of-school youngsters.
- Weather-monitoring is abysmal: Pakistan has 85 stations to cover nearly 800,000 sq km, when thousands would be needed to meet international standards.
- Most of Gaza`s population now lives in abysmal circumstances in ruined homes and temporary shelters, squeezed within less than 12pc of the Strip`s total area, with major curbs on their movement.
Synonyms
very bad, shameful, awful, terrible, dreadful, atrocious, disgraceful, frightful, deplorable,
Curator example
“the quality of her work is abysmal”
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