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profoundest |
Overview of adj profound The adj profound has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (12) profound -- (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") 2. (8) profound -- (of the greatest intensity; complete; "a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock") 3. fundamental, profound -- (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") 4. profound -- (coming from deep within one "a profound sigh") 5. heavy, profound, sound, wakeless -- ((of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep") 6. profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded -- (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") Antonyms of adj profound 6 senses of profound Sense 1 profound (vs. superficial) superficial (vs. profound) => apparent(postnominal), ostensible, seeming(postnominal) => dilettante, dilettantish, dilettanteish => facile => glib => looking, sounding => shallow Sense 2 profound INDIRECT (VIA intense) -> mild Sense 3 fundamental, profound INDIRECT (VIA significant) -> insignificant, unimportant Sense 4 profound INDIRECT (VIA deep) -> shallow Sense 5 heavy, profound, sound, wakeless INDIRECT (VIA deep) -> shallow Sense 6 profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded INDIRECT (VIA deep) -> shallow Similarity of adj profound 6 senses of profound Sense 1 profound (vs. superficial) => deep => intimate => thoughtful Also See-> intense#1; scholarly#1 Sense 2 profound => intense (vs. mild) Sense 3 fundamental, profound => significant (vs. insignificant), important Sense 4 profound => deep (vs. shallow) Sense 5 heavy, profound, sound, wakeless => deep (vs. shallow) Sense 6 profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded => deep (vs. shallow) Attributes of adj profound Familiarity of adj profound profound used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj profound profound profoundly deaf Overview of adj profound The adj profound has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (12) profound -- (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") 2. (8) profound -- (of the greatest intensity; complete; "a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock") 3. fundamental, profound -- (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") 4. profound -- (coming from deep within one "a profound sigh") 5. heavy, profound, sound, wakeless -- ((of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep") 6. profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded -- (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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