abyss
/əˈbɪs/
noun
- A very deep hole or space that seems to have no bottom.
- He dropped his phone into the abyss between the rocks.
- Scientists are exploring the abyss of the ocean floor.
- The hiker stared into the dark abyss of the canyon.
- A situation or feeling of great emptiness, despair, or danger.
- After losing his job, he felt like he was falling into an abyss of hopelessness.
- Her grief was an abyss that seemed impossible to escape.
- The country was on the brink of an economic abyss.