PROFOUND

• (adj.) showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth

  "the differences are profound", "a profound insight", "a profound book", "a profound mind", "profound contempt", "profound regret"

  The young explorer’s profound knowledge of archeology astounded his seniors. -added by naila_inlas

  profound knowledge -added by dhruvdholakia

• (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", "unplumbed depths of the sea", "remote and unsounded caverns"

  synonyms : unfathomed , unplumbed , unsounded

  Jules Verne’s book ‘A Journey to the Centre of the Earth’ is set in the profound depths of the Earth. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) (of sleep) deep and complete

  "a heavy sleep", "fell into a profound sleep", "a sound sleeper", "deep wakeless sleep"

  synonyms : heavy , sound , wakeless

  Jack climbed down the beanstalk when the giant fell into a profound slumber. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) coming from deep within one

  "a profound sigh"

  “We’ll never find my diamond brooch”, she said with a profound sigh. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) of the greatest intensity; complete

  "a profound silence", "a state of profound shock"

  The news of their boss’s death left the employees in a state of profound shock. -added by naila_inlas

• (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"

  synonyms : fundamental

  The Women’s Suffrage movement of the 19th century had a profound social impact on the status and rights of women thereafter. -added by naila_inlas

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