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profound

pro·found

UK/pɹəˈfaʊnd/ US/proʊˈfaʊnd/ fairly common

adjective

1.

showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of your being

  • “the differences are profound”
  • “a profound insight”
  • “a profound book”
  • “a profound mind”
  • “profound contempt”
  • “profound regret”
Antonyms
2.

of the greatest intensity; complete

  • “a profound silence”
  • “a state of profound shock”
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3.

far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something

  • “the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred”
  • “the book underwent fundamental changes”
  • “committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance”
  • “profound social changes”
Synonyms
4.

coming from deep within one

  • “a profound sigh”
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5.

(of sleep) deep and complete

  • “a heavy sleep”
  • “fell into a profound sleep”
  • “a sound sleeper”
  • “deep wakeless sleep”
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6.

situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed

  • “the profound depths of the sea”
  • “the dark unfathomed caves of ocean” Thomas Gray
  • “unplumbed depths of the sea”
  • “remote and unsounded caverns”

Origin

From Middle English profound, profounde, from Anglo-Norman profound, from Old French profont, profonde, from Latin profundus (“deep, profound”), from prō + fundus (“bottom; foundation”).

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