Definition of "abysmal"

abysmal

/əˈbɪz.məl/

adjective
comparative more abysmal, superlative most abysmal
1. (now rare) Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss.
  Quotations
  The latter
  1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling, London: Chapman and Hall, […]
2. (figurative) extremely bad; terrible.
  Quotations
  Robben curled an effort against the foot of the post from the edge of the box after being gifted the ball by an abysmal clearance from keeper Stephan Andersen.
  2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport‎