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1 —as in:
profound idea

Definition

deep or far-reaching in intellect or consequence

profound = deep or far-reaching in intellect or consequence

Other Uses (with this meaning)

profound = deep or far-reaching in intellect or consequence

profound = deep or far-reaching in intellect or consequence

profound = deep or far-reaching in intellect or consequence

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
Niels Bohr
Each child was supposed to clip an item from a newspaper, absorb its contents, and reveal them to the class. This practice allegedly overcame a variety of evils: standing in front of his fellows encouraged good posture and gave a child poise; delivering a short talk made him word-conscious; learning his current event strengthened his memory; being singled out made him more than ever anxious to return to the Group. The idea was profound, but as usual, in Maycomb it didn't work very well.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

profound = deep or far-reaching in intellect or consequence

He fell asleep murmuring 'Sanity is not statistical,' with the feeling that this remark contained in it a profound wisdom.
George Orwell -- 1984

profound = deep or far-reaching in intellect or insight

"Tom's getting very profound," said Daisy, with an expression of unthoughtful sadness. "He reads deep books with long words in them."
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

profound = deep or far-reaching in intellect or insight

Actually, I'm what a romantic movie is to a profound thinker — a mere diversion, a comic interlude, something that is soon forgotten: not bad, but not particularly good either.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

profound = deep or far-reaching

2 —as in:
profound sadness

Definition

of greatest intensity or emotional depth

profound = intense (of great emotional depth)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

profound = intense

profound = intense

Essentially, each human is capable of having a profound experience of God and nature.
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It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
Krishnamurti
The stillness was so profound that he heard a little animal twittering somewhere near by under the snow.
Edith Wharton -- Ethan Frome

profound = intense

I feel impelled to mention one other point in your statement that has troubled me profoundly.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Letter from a Birmingham Jail

profoundly = intensely

...even in the most perfect love one person loves less profoundly than the other.
Thornton Wilder -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey

profoundly = with great intensity or emotional depth

There was silence so profound, Hannah wondered if she had gone deaf.
Jane Yolen -- The Devils Arithmetic

profound = intense

He is hurt, but it is more a profound humiliation than a physical injury.
Edward Albee -- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

profound = of greatest intensity or emotional depth

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