profound
IPA: proʊfˈaʊnd
noun
- (obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
- (obsolete) An abyss.
verb
- (obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
- (obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
adjective
- Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
- Very deep; very serious
- Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough
- Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading
- Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive
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Examples of "profound" in Sentences
- The reality was a profound disappointment.
- The effects of the Licensing Act were profound.
- The service has a profound penitential meaning.
- The impact of the war on islanders was profound.
- The international impact of the work was profound.
- The influence of the Group is profound and lasting.
- The game was a profound embarrassment for the Lakers.
- The impact of liberalism on the modern world is profound.
- The effects of the persecution on the Church were profound.
- As in Fitzgerald, the glittering surface conceals profound corruption.
- Kenneth Ramseur, blasted what he called the "profound audacity" of the cop's suit.
- A key to this social transformation is in how we look at vulnerability, which I define as a profound openness.
- President Barack Obama is praising what he calls the "profound" relationship between the United States and Honduras.
- The review says when it comes to planning evacuations like the one you see here, there is what they call profound concern.
- The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for what they called his profound impact on popular music and American culture.
- When the patient has been cooled to what we call profound hypothermia, the bypass machine is turned off for the duration of circulatory arrest.
- Well, it ` s not too much to think that a father could do this to his wife and daughter because he had what we call a profound detachment disorder.
- In the introduction to Yale University Press's catalog of the show, the Whitney's director Adam Weinberg identifies what he calls a "profound sense of pathos" in Ms. Levine's work.
- Mary Robinson, a former president of Ireland, detects glimmers of hope in eastern Congo and what she calls a profound change of mood in the relationship between Joseph Kabila and Paul Kagame, the presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda respectively.
- "To Morgan, what matters are not the delays in her dream of space, but the lessons others can draw from her story: the importance of setting goals and persevering, as well as what she calls a profound need to teach young people about the universe and excite enough of them to make it a career."