profound
adjective (EXTREME) /prəˈfaʊnd/Definition
C2 felt or experienced very strongly or in an extreme way: His mother's death when he was aged six had a very profound effect on him. The invention of the contraceptive pill brought about profound changes in the lives of women. Those two lines of poetry express perfectly the profound sadness of loss. My grandfather has a profound mistrust of anything new or foreign. There was a note of profound irritation in his voice.Strong feelingsVery and extremeComplete and wholeIntensifying expressions
(Definition of profound adjective (EXTREME) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- agony noun
- anguish noun
- ardent adjective
- be convulsed with laughter, rage, etc. idiom
- burn up with sth phrasal verb
- burn with sth phrasal verb
- burst verb
- explosive adjective (EMOTION)
- fiery adjective (STRONG FEELINGS)
- hot-blooded adjective (SHOWING FEELINGS)
- impassioned adjective
- ineffable adjective
- inexpressible adjective
- intensity noun
- profoundly adverb
- run high idiom
- supercharged adjective (EMOTIONAL)
- vehement adjective
- vehemently adverb
- weak-kneed adjective
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