Tra từ profound - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

adjective

1. showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth (Freq. 12)
- the differences are profound
- a profound insight
- a profound book
- a profound mind
- profound contempt
- profound regret
• Ant:
superficial
• Similar to:
deep, thoughtful
• See Also:
intense, scholarly
• Derivationally related forms:
profoundness, profundity
2. of the greatest intensity;
complete (Freq. 8)
- a profound silence
- a state of profound shock
• Similar to:
intense
• Derivationally related forms:
profoundness
3. 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
• Similar to:
significant, important
• Derivationally related forms:
profoundness
4. coming from deep within one
- a profound sigh
• Similar to:
deep
• Derivationally related forms:
profoundness
5. (of sleep) deep and complete
- a heavy sleep
- fell into a profound sleep
- a sound sleeper
- deep wakeless sleep
• Syn:
heavy, sound, wakeless
• Similar to:
deep
• Derivationally related forms:
profoundness
6. 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
• Similar to:
deep
• Derivationally related forms:
profoundness, profundity