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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded |
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(satellite adjective) coming from deep within one; "a profound sigh" |
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(satellite adjective) of the greatest intensity; complete; "a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock" |
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(adjective) 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" |
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Antonyms: superficial |
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(satellite adjective) (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" |
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Synonyms: heavy, sound, wakeless |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: fundamental |
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