profound
- adjective
- /prəˈfaʊnd/
- Her profound insights during the discussion left everyone speechless.
- profound knowledge
- profound understanding
- profound insight
And 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
Very strong or intense, for example very dark
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.