profound

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   coming from deep within one

   a profound sigh

2. 2
   adj

   showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth

   the differences are profound

3. 3
   adj

   Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.

   A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog

4. 4
   adj

   Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough.

   a profound investigation

5. 5
   adj

   Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading.

   How now! which of your hips has the most profound sciatica?

6. 6
   adj

   Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive.

   And with this, and a profound bow to his patrons, the Manager retires, and the curtain rises.

7. 7
   noun

   The deep; the sea; the ocean.

   God, in the fathomlesse profound / Hath all his choice Commanders drown'd.

8. 8
   noun

   An abyss.

   […]if some other place, / From your dominion won, th' Ethereal King / Possesses lately, thither to arrive / travel this profound. Direct my course[…]

Etymology

From Middle English profound, profounde, from Anglo-Norman profound, from Old French profont, profonde, from Latin profundus (“deep, profound”), from prō + fundus (“bottom; foundation”).