profound

Something that isn't superficial but very great and intense

Dean and I share a more profound bond.

by i-is-board October 9, 2010

profound

Commonly used sarcastically in response to blatantly obvious phrases.

Person 1: "Yeah. The gunshot wound was caused by a bullet."

Person 2: "Profound."

by AhuganoshTheGreat August 18, 2013

profound

A derogatory term used to describe people who consider themselves as being part of an intellectual or cultural elite. This phenomenon tends to manifest itself in the narcissistic manner such people dress and speak; as well as in their affectedly highbrow artistic and associational preferences.

guy 1) 'what's with all these anorexic, pseudo-post modern , painfully image-obsessed artistic cunts in this dingy alley? guy 2) 'it's just st jeromes dude. they're profound'.

by makebelieve February 27, 2008

profound

In statistics, when a hypothesis test produces a pvalue between .001 and .002, a rejection on the null hypothesis must be declared as a ‘profound rejection’.

Ho u=u2=u3
Ha at leat one mean different

Pvalue: .ooo1
Reject the Null, assume the alternative is true.

Profound rejection

by Captain Coster April 22, 2006

Profound

1)to be deep/insightful

2)hard to grasp/understand to the shallow mind or someone of ordinary knowledge.

I found the preacher's sermon to be very profound and insightful, today.

Bob wasn't ver profound when he said, "I like beer and sex."

by sloppyjoe24 August 7, 2008

profounding

1.Incredibly deep in meaning. 2.Remarkably significant 3. A highly conscious statement

The young man's speech was profounding, I was very impressed.

"I find the art that you create incredibly profounding. May I purchase a piece from you?"

by Supurb Wurd Specialist March 10, 2016

Profoundity

very profound, with a little profanity thrown in

"one can't accomplish shit without first dreaming it" - now that quote has some profoundity to it.

by volcomv114 November 26, 2008