profound
penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
originating in or penetrating to the depths of one's being: profound grief.
being or going far beneath what is superficial, external, or obvious: profound insight.
of deep meaning; of great and broadly inclusive significance: a profound book.
extending, situated, or originating far down, or far beneath the surface: the profound depths of the ocean.
bending or passing far downward; low: a profound bow.
Origin of profound
1Other words for profound
Opposites for profound
Other words from profound
- pro·found·ly, adverb
- pro·found·ness, noun
- un·pro·found, adjective
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How to use profound in a sentence
A book of profound scientific and spiritual reflection, it recalls the works of Richard Powers and Marilynne Robinson, though it’s anything but derivative.
The 10 best books of 2020 | Washington Post Editors and Reviewers | November 19, 2020 | Washington PostIt’s the perfect book to read as we try to make our way through this period of deep and profound uncertainty.
Lean into uncertainty with Trust Exercise, the Vox Book Club’s November pick | Constance Grady | October 30, 2020 | VoxThe potential damage goes beyond psychological impact, to profound physical and social consequences.
Experts describe ongoing conflict, financial stress, and profound anxiety in the dental industry.
It takes your breath away how profound that impact was to the business…What we do know is the virus will get behind us.
Profoundness in their apprehension and glorifying of everyday things (fire, agriculture).
We Philologists, Volume 8 (of 18) | Friedrich NietzscheIn patristic study he may have stood beneath Luther; in originality and profoundness of thought he was certainly inferior to More.
History of the English People, Volume III (of 8) | John Richard GreenHe expatiated with great profoundness and fertility of ideas, on the uses to which a faculty like this might be employed.
Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist | Charles Brockden BrownIt is an idea by no means calculated to impress by its greatness, or to puzzle by its profoundness.
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation | Robert ChambersThere was a profoundness, a capacity for hellishness in their expression which scarcely belonged to a sanely-balanced mind.
The Hound From The North | Ridgwell Cullum
British Dictionary definitions for profound
/ (prəˈfaʊnd) /
penetrating deeply into subjects or ideas: a profound mind
showing or requiring great knowledge or understanding: a profound treatise
situated at or extending to a great depth
reaching to or stemming from the depths of one's nature: profound regret
intense or absolute: profound silence
thoroughgoing; extensive: profound changes
archaic, or literary a great depth; abyss
Origin of profound
1Derived forms of profound
- profoundly, adverb
- profoundness or profundity (prəˈfʌndɪtɪ), noun
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