Definitions for: Profound


[adj] 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"
[adj] (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
[adj] coming from deep within one; "a profound sigh"
[adj] of the greatest intensity; complete; "a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock"
[adj] showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of your being; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"
[adj] 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: Pro*found", a. [F. profond, L. profundus; pro before,
forward + fundus the bottom. See Found to establish,
Bottom lowest part.]
1. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a
great depth; deep. ``A gulf profound.'' --Milton.

2. Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching
to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning;
thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a
profound scholar; profound wisdom.

3. Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading;
overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a
profound sleep. ``Profound sciatica.'' --Shak.

Of the profound corruption of this class there can
be no doubt. --Milman.

4. Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility;
lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.

What humble gestures! What profound reverence!
--Duppa.


Pro*found", n.
1. The deep; the sea; the ocean.

God in the fathomless profound Hath all this choice
commanders drowned. --Sandys.

2. An abyss. --Milton.


Pro*found", v. t.
To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far
down. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.


Pro*found", v. i.
To dive deeply; to penetrate. [Obs.]

Synonyms: deep, fundamental, heavy, important, intense, intimate, significant, sound, thoughtful, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded, wakeless

Antonyms: superficial

See Also: scholarly

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