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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DONALD Trump`s expletives-laced threats to Iran landed on Easter Sunday showcasing the abysmal vulgarity that his brand of politics increasingly wraps itself in, aided and abetted by religious and racial violence.
Dawn Editorials —
Choking on their own venom
— 2026-04-07
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The governance of the electricity sector is abysmal.
Dawn Editorials —
Solar without net metering
— 2026-02-18
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Perceptions matter more.One need only look at the abysmal performance of the Usman Buzdar government in Punjab during the PTI`s time in power.
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Smoking the peace pipe dream
— 2026-01-04
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It results in the scarcity of communitydriven awareness initiatives as well as abysmal GBV conviction rates, as evident in the Sustainable Social Development Organisation`s Mapping Gender-Based Violence 2024 report.
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Web of darkness
— 2025-11-25
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This is no more relevant than in the present abysmal moment, and this is the swamp in which our leaders speak.The thread is plain: political language corrupts thought.
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Silence writes genocide
— 2025-10-02
Synonyms
very bad, shameful, awful, terrible, dreadful, atrocious, disgraceful, frightful, deplorable,
Curator example
“the quality of her work is abysmal”
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