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profoundness
noun
intellectual depth, penetrating knowledge, keen insight, etc.
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 12
- Starts with
- P
- Ends with
- S
- Contains
- ROFOUNDNES
- Scrabble score
- 18
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
noun
intellectual depth, penetrating knowledge, keen insight, etc.
“the depth of my feeling”
noun
the quality of being physically deep
“the profundity of the mine was almost a mile”
noun
the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
noun
wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
“the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs”
noun
extremeness of degree
“the profoundness of his ignorance”
In context
Example Sentences
the depth of my feeling
the profoundness of the silence
the profundity of the mine was almost a mile
the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs
the profoundness of his ignorance
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