Definition of Profound

Pro`found´
a.1.Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.
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.
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.
n.1.The deep; the sea; the ocean.
2.An abyss.
v. t.1.To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
v. i.1.To dive deeply; to penetrate.


Related Words

Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, absolute, absorbing, abstract, abysmal, acute, analytical, ankle-deep, arcane, arrant, astronomic, astute, awful, broad-minded, cabbalistic, civilized, classical, colossal, complete, consummate, crass, cryptic, cultivated, cultured, decided, deep-cut, deep-down, deep-engraven, deep-felt, deep-fixed, deep-laid, deep-lying, deep-reaching, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, deep-sinking, deep-sunk, deep-sunken, deepgoing, deepish, deepsome, definitive, discerning, downright, educated, egregious, elephantine, encyclopedic, enigmatic, enormous, epic, erudite, esoteric, extreme, flagrant, giant, giantlike, gigantic, glaring, great, gross, hard, heartfelt, heavy, hermetic, heroic, hidden, homefelt, huge, immense, incomprehensible, indecipherable, indelible, infinite, informed, inscrutable, insightful, intellectual, intense, intolerable, intricate, involved, jumbo, keen, knee-deep, knotty, learned, lettered, literate, mammoth, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, mysterious, mystifying, obscure, occult, out-and-out, outright, overpowering, overwhelming, pansophic, penetrating, perfect, pervading, piercing, poignant, polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic, positive, precious, prodigious, pronounced, proper, puzzling, rank, regular, sagacious, sage, sapient, scholarly, scholastic, secret, sharp, shattering, shocking, sincere, stark, stark-staring, studious, stupendous, subtle, superlative, surpassing, terrible, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, titanic, total, towering, transcendental, tremendous, tricky, unbearable, unconscionable, undeniable, unequivocal, unfathomable, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, utter, vast, well-informed, well-read, wise as Solomon


Search

Word:

Browse

Proficience
Proficient
Proficiently
Proficuous
Profile
Profile paper
Profiling
Profiling machine
Profilist
Profit
Profitable
Profiting
Profitless
Profligacy
Profligate
Profligately
Profligateness
Profligation
Profluence
Profluent
Profoundly
Profoundness
Profulgent
Profundity
Profuse
Profusely
Profuseness
Profusion
Profusive
Prog
Progenerate
Progeneration
Progenitor
Progenitorship
Progenitress
Progeniture
Progeny
Proglottid
Proglottis
Prognathi
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
© 2008 Interapple, Inc.Cover