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English adjective: profound | |||
| 1. | profound showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth | ||
| Samples | The differences are profound. A profound insight. A profound book. A profound mind. Profound contempt. Profound regret. | ||
| Similar | deep, thoughtful | ||
| See also | intense, scholarly | ||
| Antonyms | superficial | ||
| 2. | profound of the greatest intensity; complete | ||
| Samples | A profound silence. A state of profound shock. | ||
| Similar | intense | ||
| Antonyms | mild | ||
| 3. | profound far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something | ||
| Samples | 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 | fundamental | ||
| Similar | important, significant | ||
| Antonyms | unimportant, insignificant | ||
| 4. | profound coming from deep within one | ||
| Samples | A profound sigh. | ||
| Similar | deep | ||
| Antonyms | shallow | ||
| 5. | profound (of sleep) deep and complete | ||
| Samples | A heavy sleep. Fell into a profound sleep. A sound sleeper. Deep wakeless sleep. | ||
| Synonyms | heavy, sound, wakeless | ||
| Similar | deep | ||
| Antonyms | shallow | ||
| 6. | profound situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed | ||
| Samples | The profound depths of the sea. The dark unfathomed caves of ocean. Unplumbed depths of the sea. Remote and unsounded caverns. | ||
| Synonyms | unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded | ||
| Similar | deep | ||
| Antonyms | shallow | ||
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