bone-deep
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7.0
- adjective
- /boʊn dip/
:
profundo
- The betrayal he felt was bone-deep, affecting his trust in everyone around him.
- bone-deep weariness
- bone-deep exhaustion
- bone-deep ache
Art is amazing in its ability to connect people, but it is also bone deep.
- Art is amazing in its ability to connect people, but it is also bone deep.
Examples
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He sounded like someone trying to overcome a bone-deep weariness.
Fiction book (1992) -
The bone-deep, icy cold of the winter storm reached invisible fingers through the cracks and chinks in the old house.
Fiction book (2002) -
Because in my mind it was, it was such a bone deep desire to be a mom.
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As she went under, the bone-deep cold penetrated the last of her warmth.
Fiction book (1992) -
She knew it as she had never known anything else in her life, with a bone-deep conviction.
Fiction book (1998) -
Out of these bone-deep frustrations, immense pressures for change are building.
Academic text (1992) -
He flexed the sore, weakening muscles and tried to mask an expression of bone-deep pain.
Fiction book (2000) -
At 2:30 a.m., it will be exactly 2 months since my mother died, and ever since then I've been restless and bone-deep sad; reading of the work you do has given that restlessness a focus.
Blog text (33) -
It was bone-deep and forever—pure knowing—but even so he waited.
Fiction book (1992) -
After running the marathon, she was filled with a bone-deep fatigue that made it hard to move.
Synonyms
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1.0
Very strong or intense, for example very dark
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4.7
A feeling or belief that people cannot easily change
10
6.2
Very deep and extending far down
8
4.8
A feeling, belief or tradition that is very strong and hard to change
2
8.8
A very deep feeling that reaches someone's heart
1
9.8
Very deep and hard to understand or imagine
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How Deep
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Etymology
Bone-deep comes from the simple image of something reaching right down to your bones. The parts bone- and deep show this, meaning 'to the bones', so a bone-deep cold or sadness is very deep and hard to shake.