showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth; the differences are profound; a profound insight; a profound book; a profound mind; profound contempt; profound regret'

of the greatest intensity; complete; a profound silence; a state of profound shock'

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

[ Syn: fundamental ]

coming from deep within one; a profound sigh'

(of sleep) deep and complete; a heavy sleep; fell into a profound sleep; a sound sleeper; deep wakeless sleep

[ Syn: heavy , sound , wakeless ]

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

[ Syn: unfathomed , unplumbed , unsounded ]