profound

[pruh-found] 

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adjective, profounder, profoundest.

1.

penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding:

a profound thinker.

2.

originating in or penetrating to the depths of one's being; profound grief.

3.

being or going far beneath what is superficial, external, or obvious:

profound insight.

4.

of deep meaning; of great and broadly inclusive significance:

a profound book.

5.

pervasive or intense; thorough; complete:

a profound silence.

6.

extending, situated, or originating far down, or farbeneath the surface:

the profound depths of the ocean.

7.

low:

a profound bow.

noun, Literary.

8.

something that is profound.

9.

the deep sea; ocean.

10.

depth; abyss.