🇬🇧🇪🇸 abysmal - pésimo : English Lesson

Meaning of "abysmal" ("pésimo"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

The word abysmal means something is so terrible that it couldn’t possibly be worse. If your cooking sets off the fire alarm, your cooking skills might be abysmal. If a soccer team loses 50-0, their performance was abysmal. Basically, it’s used for things that are a total disaster!

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My attempt at baking a cake was so abysmal that even the dog refused to eat it.

Mom says my room is in abysmal condition, but I call it "organized chaos."

The movie was so abysmal that even the popcorn felt like it was wasted.

His abysmal haircut made him look like he was attacked by a lawnmower.

Dad’s singing in the shower is so abysmal that even the shampoo bottles try to escape.

The café's new cake looked lovely but tasted abysmal. A child spat; the father frowned and called the cake abysmal. A woman at the next table whispered abysmal, surprised. The baker, eyes wet, tasted it and said abysmal too. Customers left; chairs scraped. The baker cleaned and vowed to fix the abysmal recipe.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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