Profound

/pɹəˈfaʊnd/ · adjective

Meaning

Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep..

Definitions by Sense

1. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
2. Very deep; very serious.
3. Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough.
4. Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading.
5. Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive.
6. (obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
7. (obsolete) An abyss.
8. (obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.

Example Sentences

A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog

a profound investigation

a profound scholar

profound wisdom

Where no motives of interest or pride intervene, none can equal them for profound and philosophical views of society, ….

The most superficial phenomena are sometimes the most profound. Let us begin our analysis of [bourgeois] society … with the appearance of the clothes its members wore ….

How now! which of your hips has the most profound sciatica?

Of the profound corruption of this class there can be no doubt.

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• more profound
• most profound
• profounds
• profounding
• profounded

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