rock-bottom

verb

To fall to the lowest possible level.

“She knew in her heart that she had hit rock-bottom this time.”

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Meanings

verbrock-bottom (third-person singular simple present rock-bottoms, present participle rock-bottoming, simple past and past participle rock-bottomed)

present singular third person rock-bottoms · participle present rock-bottoming · participle past rock-bottomed · past rock-bottomed

  1. figurativelyintransitiveTo fall to the lowest possible level.

    By now, you probably think your opinion of Goldman Sachs and its swarm of Wall Street allies has rock-bottomed at raw loathing.

    2010, Johann Hari, How Goldman Gambled on Starvation
nounrock-bottom (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of rock bottom.

    She knew in her heart that she had hit rock-bottom this time.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivewell below normal (especially in price)

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reducedlow
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lowreduced

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rock-bottom,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rock-bottom.

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