profound
/prəˈfaʊnd/
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American sound/prəˈfaʊnd/
prəˈfaʊnd
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prə - ˈfaʊnd -> profound
Myanmar meaning
(adj) အကြီးအကျယ်။ အသည်းလှိုက်အူလှိုက်။ အလွန်လေးနက်သော။ နက်နဲသိမ်မွေ့သော။
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၁။ (fml ) အကြီးအကျယ်။ အသည်းလှိုက် အူလှိုက်။ a profound silence/ shock ❍ have a profound distrust/ dislike of sth ❍ have a profound influence/ effect on sth/ sb ❍ Since she'd left, changes to the company had been profound.
၂။ (က) အလွန်လေးနက်သော။ a profound awareness of the problem ❍ Her book is literate, thoughtful, at times profound. (ခ) နက်နဲသိမ်မွေ့ သော။ the profound mystery of life.
❏ profoundly adv လေးလေးနက်နက်။ ထူးထူးခြားခြား။ အကြီးအကျယ်။ a profoundly disturbing book ❍ She was profoundly shaken by the news. ❍ Our lives are profoundly affected by what happened to us in childhood.
More examples
- A profound change in the climate of the Earth
- The difference between the beginners and the intermediate class was profound.
- This is a scientific discovery of profound significance.
- [a profound effect/influence/impact] : My grandfather’s death had a profound effect on my father.
- Most of the divorced parents we interviewed said they had experienced guilt and a profound sense of failure.
- Kafka’s profound insights into human experience
- Profound questions
- Profound deafness
- She was profoundly influenced by Schulz.
Synonyms
deep, thoughtful, reflective, philosophical, weighty, insightful, abject, absolute, abstruse, abysmal, acroamatic, acute, bottomless, buried, cavernous, consummate, deep-seated, deeply felt, difficult, discerning, enlightened, erudite, esoteric, exhaustive, extensive, extreme, far-reaching, fathomless, great, hard, heartfelt, heartrending, hearty, heavy, hermetic, informed, intellectual, intelligent, intense, intense; emotional, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, mysterious, occult, orphic, out-and-out, overpowering, overwhelming, penetrating, pronounced, recondite, regulars, sagacious, sage, scholarly, secret, serious, shrewd, sincere, skilled, solids, subterranean, subtle, thorough, total, unbroken, utter, wise, yawning
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