profound

[ pruh-found ]

/ prəˈfaʊnd /

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adjective, pro·found·er, pro·found·est.

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.

pervasive or intense; thorough; complete: a profound silence.

extending, situated, or originating far down, or far beneath the surface: the profound depths of the ocean.

low: a profound bow.

noun Literary.

something that is profound.

the deep sea; ocean.

depth; abyss.

Origin of profound

1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin profundus deep, vast, equivalent to pro- pro-¹ + fundus bottom (see found²)

SYNONYMS FOR profound

1 deep, sagacious.

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ANTONYMS FOR profound

1 shallow, superficial.

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OTHER WORDS FROM profound

pro·found·ly, adverb pro·found·ness, noun un·pro·found, adjective un·pro·found·ly, adverb

Words nearby profound

profiterole, profligacy, profligate, profluent, proformiphen, profound, profoundly deaf, profumo, profundity, profuse, profusion

Example sentences from the Web for profoundness

In 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 Green
As they drew near the Point, they were struck with the profoundness of its quiet.

Murder Point |Coningsby Dawson
Profoundness in their apprehension and glorifying of everyday things (fire, agriculture).

We Philologists, Volume 8 (of 18) |Friedrich Nietzsche
The profoundness and constancy of these differences clearly show that the relationship of such races to ours must be very remote.

The Sexual Question |August Forel

It 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 Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for profoundness

profound

/ (prəˈfaʊnd) /

adjective

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

noun

archaic, or literary a great depth; abyss

Derived forms of profound

profoundly, adverb profoundness or profundity (prəˈfʌndɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for profound

C14: from Old French profund, from Latin profundus deep, from pro- 1 + fundus bottom

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profound

adjective, pro·found·er, pro·found·est.

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