deepness C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈdipnəs/ UK /ˈdiːpnəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the quality or state of being deep The deepness of the gorge took their breath away. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality or state of... depthprofunditydeepthabyss ↔ Opposites shallownesssuperficiality Word family Related forms deepdeependepth Etymology AI details From Old English deopnes, from deop ('deep') plus the abstract-noun suffix -ness. Native Germanic in origin. deopnes Old English deop Old English *deupaz Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # deepness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdipnəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdiːpnəs/ ## Meanings 1. the quality or state of being deep ## Examples - The deepness of the gorge took their breath away. ## Synonyms - depth - profundity - deepth - abyss ## Antonyms - shallowness - superficiality ## Related Forms - deep - deepen - depth ## Roots and Affixes - Root: deopnes - Root: deop - Root: *deupaz ## Etymology From Old English deopnes, from deop ('deep') plus the abstract-noun suffix -ness. Native Germanic in origin. ## AI Etymology Deepness is from Old English deopnes, from deop ('deep') plus the abstract-noun suffix -ness. Native Germanic in origin. The ancestry passes through Old English deopnes, Old English deop, and Proto-Germanic *deupaz. The suffix -ness marks an abstract noun of quality or state, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "the quality or state of being deep", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include deep, deepen, and depth. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown