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[ adjective ] showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of your being
Examples "the differences are profound" "a profound insight" "a profound book" "a profound mind" "profound contempt" "profound regret" Used in print ("Editorials"...)He is a Buddhist , which means that to him peace and the sanctity of human life are not_only religious dogma , but a profound and unshakable Weltanschauung . (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)It is probably fair to say that the idea of death is more profound in Irenaeus than the idea of sin is . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)Nothing in_all the preceding years had had the power to bring me closer to a knowledge of profound sorrow than the breakup of camp , the packing away of my camp uniforms , the severing of ties with the six or ten people I had grown most to love in the world . (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)And a witty American journalist remarked over a century ago what is even more true today , `` Many_a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can n't understand his own meaning '' . (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)Although the play does show a certain structural amateurishness ( there are eleven acts varying in length from twenty-five seconds to an hour and a half ) , the statement it makes concerning the ceaseless yearning and searching of youth is profound and worthy of our attention . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of the greatest intensity; complete
Examples "a profound silence" "a state of profound shock" Used in print (R. F. Shaw, "The `Private Eye`"...)More profound and more disturbing , however , is the moral isolation of Raymond_Chandler 's Philip_Marlowe . (Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)Hegel 's profound admiration for the insights of the Greek tragedians indicates a broad channel of classical influence upon nineteenth century philosophy . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
Synonyms Examples "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred" "the book underwent fundamental changes" "committed a fundamental error" "profound social changes" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
Synonyms Examples "the profound depths of the sea" "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray "unplumbed depths of the sea" "remote and unsounded caverns" Related terms |
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