rock-bottom

See also: rock bottom

English

Noun

rock-bottom (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of rock bottom
    She knew in her heart that she had hit rock-bottom this time.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, figuratively) To fall to the lowest possible level.
    • 2010, Johann Hari, How Goldman Gambled on Starvation‎:
      By now, you probably think your opinion of Goldman Sachs and its swarm of Wall Street allies has rock-bottomed at raw loathing.
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