Profoundness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

extremeness of degree

wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹəfˈaʊndnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹəfˈaʊndnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹəfˈaʊndnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /pɹəfˈaʊndnəs/.

Examples

the profoundness of his ignorance
the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs
the profundity of the mine was almost a mile

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

reconditeness abstrusity astuteness profundity depth deepness abstruseness

Antonyms

shallowness superficiality

Parts of Speech

noun	extremeness of degree “the profoundness of his ignorance”
noun	wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound “the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs”
noun	the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
noun	the quality of being physically deep “the profundity of the mine was almost a mile”
noun	intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc “the depth of my feeling”

Word Forms

profound	adjective	coming from deep within one
abstruse	adjective	difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
deep	adjective	marked by depth of thinking

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Tiefgründigkeit

Extremität des Grades

🇫🇷French

profondeur

degré extrême

🇪🇸Spanish

profundidad

extremo de grado

🇮🇹Italian

profondità

Estremità di grado

🇳🇱Dutch

diepgang

extreemheid van graad

🇵🇹Portuguese

profundidade

extremo de grau

🇷🇺Russian

глубина

крайность степени

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गहराई

डिग्री की चरम सीमा

🇧🇩Bengali

গভীরতা

ডিগ্রির চরমতা

🇮🇳Tamil

ஆழமான தன்மை

பட்டத்தின் தீவிரத்தன்மை

🇮🇳Telugu

గాఢత

డిగ్రీ యొక్క తీవ్రత

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रगल्भता

पदवीची कमालीची

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગહનતા

ડિગ્રીની ચરમસીમા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗಾಢತೆ

ಪದವಿಯ ತೀವ್ರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അഗാധത

ബിരുദത്തിൻ്റെ തീവ്രത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਡੂੰਘਾਈ

ਡਿਗਰੀ ਦੀ ਅਤਿਅੰਤਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

گہرائی

ڈگری کی انتہا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

深刻性

程度的极端性

🇯🇵Japanese

奥深さ

程度の極端さ

🇰🇷Korean

심오함

정도의 극단

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự sâu sắc

mức độ cực đoan

🇹🇭Thai

ความลึกซึ้ง

ความสุดขีดของระดับ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kedalaman

tingkat ekstrem

🇵🇭Filipino

kalaliman

sukdulan ng antas

🇲🇾Malay

kedalaman

keterlaluan darjah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عمق

شدة الدرجة

🇮🇷Persian

عمق

افراط در درجه

🇹🇷Turkish

derinlik

derecenin aşırılığı

🇮🇱Hebrew

עומק

קיצוניות של דרגה

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