Meaning of PROFOUND
| Pronunciation: | | pru'fawnd
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- [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] (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
- [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 depths; from the depths of your being; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"
- [adj] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | deep, fundamental, heavy, important, intense, intimate, significant, sound, thoughtful, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded, wakeless |
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| | Antonyms: | | superficial | | |
| | See Also: | | scholarly | |
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\Pro*found"\, a. [F. profond, L. profundus; pro before,
forward + fundus the bottom. See {Found} to establish,
{Bottom} lowest part.]
1. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a
great depth; deep. ``A gulf profound.'' --Milton.
2. 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.
3. Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading;
overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a
profound sleep. ``Profound sciatica.'' --Shak.
Of the profound corruption of this class there can
be no doubt. --Milman.
4. Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility;
lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
What humble gestures! What profound reverence!
--Duppa.
\Pro*found"\, n.
1. The deep; the sea; the ocean.
God in the fathomless profound Hath all this choice
commanders drowned. --Sandys.
2. An abyss. --Milton.
\Pro*found"\, v. t.
To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far
down. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
\Pro*found"\, v. i.
To dive deeply; to penetrate. [Obs.]
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