Profound can be categorized as an adjective and a noun.
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| profound - showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret" | ||
| profound - 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" | ||
| profound - coming from deep within one; "a profound sigh" | ||
| profound - of the greatest intensity; complete; "a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock" | ||
| profound - 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" | ||
| profound - (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" | ||
Verb |
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| profound - To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down. | ||
| profound - To dive deeply; to penetrate. | ||
Noun |
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| profound - The deep; the sea; the ocean. | ||
| profound - An abyss. |
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| 1. | adj. | The differences are profound. | |
| 2. | adj. | A profound insight. | |
| 3. | adj. | A profound book. | |
| 4. | adj. | A profound mind. | |
| 5. | adj. | Profound contempt. | |
| 6. | adj. | Profound regret. | |
| 7. | adj. | The profound depths of the sea. | |
| 8. | adj. | A profound sigh. | |
| 9. | adj. | A profound silence. | |
| 10. | adj. | A state of profound shock. | |
| 11. | adj. | Profound social changes. | |
| 12. | adj. | Fell into a profound sleep. | |
| 13. | adj. | In the world press, commentators predict that Katrina will make a profound change in the way the US is perceived at home and abroad, especially following the scenes of poverty and racial divisions they believe the disaster has revealed. | |
| 14. | adj. | Freud's insights into human behavior led to him being honored as a profound thinker. | |
| 15. | adj. | I feel profound sympathy for the victims. |
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| The differences are profound. |
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| A profound insight. |
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| A profound book. |
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| A profound mind. |
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| Profound contempt. |
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| Profound regret. |
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| The profound depths of the sea. |
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| A profound sigh. |
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| A profound silence. |
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| A state of profound shock. |
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| Profound social changes. |
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| Fell into a profound sleep. |
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| In the world press, commentators predict that Katrina will make a profound change in the way the US is perceived at home and abroad, especially following the scenes of poverty and racial divisions they believe the disaster has revealed. |
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| Freud's insights into human behavior led to him being honored as a profound thinker. | |
| I feel profound sympathy for the victims. | |