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==English==

====Adjective====
{{en-adj}}

# [[descend|Descending]] far [[below]] the [[surface]]; [[open]]ing or [[reach]]ing to a great [[depth]]; [[deep]].
# Very deep; very serious
# [[intellectual|Intellectually]] deep; entering far into [[subjects]]; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of [[learning]]; [[thorough]]; as, a profound investigation or [[treatise]]; a profound [[scholar]]; profound [[wisdom]].
# Characterized by [[intensity]]; deeply felt; [[pervade|pervading]]; [[overmastering]]; [[far-reaching]]; strongly [[impressed]]; as, a profound sleep.
# Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep [[humility]]; [[lowly]]; [[submissive]]; as, a profound bow.

===Adverbs for Profound===
mystically; abstrusely; obscurely; pedantically; eruditely; theologically; provokingly; prosaically; gravely; admittedly; politically; sagaciously; distinctly; shrewdly; keenly; astutely; rationally; impartially; thoughtfully; perspicaciously; oracularly; impressively; amazingly; inscrutably; doctrinally.

===Thesaurus===
[[absolute]], [[absorbing]], [[abstract]], [[abstruse]], [[abysmal]], [[acute]], [[analytical]], [[ankle-deep]], [[arcane]], [[arrant]], [[astronomic]], [[astute]], [[awful]], [[broad-minded]], [[cabbalistic]], [[civilized]], [[classical]], [[colossal]], [[complete]], [[consummate]], [[crass]], [[cryptic]], [[cultivated]], [[cultured]], [[decided]], [[deep]], [[deep-cut]], [[deep-down]], [[deep-engraven]], [[deep-felt]], [[deep-fixed]], [[deep-laid]], [[deep-lying]], [[deep-reaching]], [[deep-rooted]], [[deep-seated]], [[deep-set]], [[deep-settled]], [[deep-sinking]], [[deep-sunk]], [[deep-sunken]], [[deepgoing]], [[deepish]], [[deepsome]], [[definitive]], [[discerning]], [[downright]], [[educated]], [[egregious]], [[elephantine]], [[encyclopedic]], [[enigmatic]], [[enormous]], [[epic]], [[erudite]], [[esoteric]], [[extreme]], [[flagrant]], [[giant]], [[giantlike]], [[gigantic]], [[glaring]], [[great]], [[gross]], [[hard]], [[heartfelt]], [[heavy]], [[hermetic]], [[heroic]], [[hidden]], [[homefelt]], [[huge]], [[immense]], [[incomprehensible]], [[indecipherable]], [[indelible]], [[infinite]], [[informed]], [[inscrutable]], [[insightful]], [[intellectual]], [[intense]], [[intolerable]], [[intricate]], [[involved]], [[jumbo]], [[keen]], [[knee-deep]], [[knotty]], [[knowing]], [[knowledgeable]], [[learned]], [[lettered]], [[literate]], [[mammoth]], [[mighty]], [[monster]], [[monstrous]], [[monumental]], [[mountainous]], [[mysterious]], [[mystifying]], [[obscure]], [[occult]], [[out-and-out]], [[outright]], [[overpowering]], [[overwhelming]], [[pansophic]], [[penetrating]], [[perfect]], [[pervading]], [[piercing]], [[poignant]], [[polyhistoric]], [[polymath]], [[polymathic]], [[positive]], [[precious]], [[prodigious]], [[pronounced]], [[proper]], [[puzzling]], [[rank]], [[recondite]], [[regular]], [[sagacious]], [[sage]], [[sapient]], [[scholarly]], [[scholastic]], [[secret]], [[sharp]], [[shattering]], [[shocking]], [[sincere]], [[stark]], [[stark-staring]], [[studious]], [[stupendous]], [[subtle]], [[superlative]], [[surpassing]], [[terrible]], [[the veriest]], [[thorough]], [[thoroughgoing]], [[titanic]], [[total]], [[towering]], [[transcendental]], [[tremendous]], [[tricky]], [[unbearable]], [[unconscionable]], [[undeniable]], [[unequivocal]], [[unfathomable]], [[unmitigated]], [[unqualified]], [[unrelieved]], [[unspoiled]], [[utter]], [[vast]], [[well-informed]], [[well-read]], [[wise]], [[wise as Solomon]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/prəˈfaʊnd/}}
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===Related terms===
* [[profundity]]
* [[profoundness]]