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profound

adjective

showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of your being; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"
Antonyms: superficial Similar: deep, thoughtful
of the greatest intensity; complete; "a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock"
Similar: intense
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 extravaga
Synonyms: fundamental Similar: significant, important
coming from deep within one; "a profound sigh"
Similar: deep
(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
Synonyms: heavy, sound, wakeless Similar: deep
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"
Synonyms: unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded Similar: deep