profound
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6.3
- adjective
- /prəˈfaʊnd/
- Her profound insights during the discussion left everyone speechless.
- profound knowledge
- profound understanding
- profound insight
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I felt such a profound love for him.
- And I felt such a profound love for him.
- People even have more profound visions of that.
- There are many, many profound reasons why this is true.
- And there's something profound in what he says.
- Entities that might reveal something profound about why we're here.
- And he had a profound sense of of personal destiny.
- Like you still, you still have this profound love for, for movement and fitness.
- And I just feel like that's one of the more profound philosophical comments.
- And that, you have to agree, is a profound question.
- And I thought, wow, what a profound perspective.
- It's so obvious, but often the most profound truths are the simplest.
- And it says some very profound things about this life.
- And then the really, like profound and meaningful fights are easy.
- Thinking is nothing more than asking yourself profound and deep questions.
- So it's actually much more profound and I think it's much more correct.
- So there is something so profound and deeper unfolding.
Examples
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And there's something profound in what he says.
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Thinking is nothing more than asking yourself profound and deep questions.
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And I felt such a profound love for him.
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But it is saying something profound, which is the following.
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And finding one's purpose is a profound thing.
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It's a profound experience, suffering.
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Differences between people that may seem profound are revealed to be only skin deep.
Academic text (2008) -
The concept is simple yet profound, intuitive yet practical.
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In addition, some texts are more profound or provocative than others.
Academic text (2015) -
Catti-brie did manage a slight smile, but there remained a profound sadness in her blue eyes.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Very strong or intense, for example very dark
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5.0
About the main, basic part of something
Antonyms
How Insightful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Profound comes from old Latin parts pro- meaning 'down' and fundus meaning 'bottom', the same idea you see in foundation ('base' or 'bottom'). So a profound thought or feeling is like something from deep down, showing true depth or strong meaning.