Profound
[prə'faʊnd]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) coming from deep within one; 'a profound sigh' .
(adj.) of the greatest intensity; complete; 'a profound silence'; 'a state of profound shock' .
(adj.) showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth; 'the differences are profound'; 'a profound insight'; 'a profound book'; 'a profound mind'; 'profound contempt'; 'profound regret' .
Edited by Eva--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.
(a.) Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
(a.) Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
(a.) Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
(n.) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
(n.) An abyss.
(v. t.) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
(v. i.) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
Checker: Rupert
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Deep.[2]. Penetrating, sagacious, skilled, not superficial.[3]. Lively, vivid, strong, deep-felt.[4]. Lowly, humble, submissive.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Deep, fathomless, abysmal, penetrating, intimate, solemn, abstruse, recondite,philosophical, strong, vivid, intense, deepseated
ANT:Shallow, superficial, commonplace
Checked by Antoine
Definition
adj. far below the surface: low: very deep: intense: abstruse: mysterious: occult: intellectually deep: penetrating deeply into knowledge.—n. the sea or ocean: an abyss great depth.—adv. Profound′ly deeply: with deep knowledge or insight: with deep concern.—ns. Profound′ness Profund′ity the state or quality of being profound: depth of place of knowledge &c.: that which is profound.
Editor: Lyle
Examples
- Now, for example, Mr. Traddles,' said Mrs. Micawber, assuming a profound air, 'a judge, or even say a Chancellor. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Our ignorance of the laws of variation is profound. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Gudrun's heart leapt in sudden terror, profound terror. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I had kept the matter a profound secret, even from my wife; and this, too, I resolved to state in my letter. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- As he had nothing else than his majority to come into, the event did not make a profound sensation in Barnard's Inn. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Yes, ma'am, said Topsy, with profound attention. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was a profound observation when Bernard Shaw said that men dread liberty because of the bewildering responsibility it imposes and the uncommon alertness it demands. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Their ideas in physics and chemistry were the results of profound cogitation; it is wonderful that they did guess at atomic structure. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The use or significance of these Azilian pebbles is still a profound mystery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The originality of his principles, his eloquence, and his great physical strength and beauty created a profound sensation. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I was quite unprepared for the rapid manner in which Mrs. Guppy's power of jocularity merged into a power of taking the profoundest offence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The fountain of my filial affection was stirred to its profoundest depths, and I gave way to tumultuous emotion. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He folded his arms and sat looking at me with an air of the profoundest astonishment, awaiting what I should say next. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He entreated Mr Flintwinch to receive the assurance of his profoundest consideration. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The East had known religious celibates for thousands of years; in the West they were regarded with the profoundest scepticism and suspicion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No, I replied with the profoundest respect; nor from him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr. Bagnet's gravity has now attained its profoundest point. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Once more, profounder, nearer, clearer, it rolled harmonious. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The alterations in the conditions of warfare are already much profounder than such authorities as Sir Louis Jackson suspect. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For human nature in all its profounder aspects changes very little in the few generations since our Western wisdom has come to be recorded. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was a profounder remark than Mr. Lorry had looked for. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Every European was, as it were, a failure, a departure, a flawed specimen of this profounder reality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are merely one aspect of a much profounder and more momentous enlargement of human possibility. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The character of Adeimantus is deeper and graver, and the profounder objections are commonly put into his mouth. Plato. The Republic.
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