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profundity
noun as in wisdom
Strongest matches
Strong matches
- acumen
- astuteness
- balance
- brains
- caution
- circumspection
- comprehension
- depth
- discernment
- discrimination
- enlightenment
- erudition
- foresight
- gumption
- information
- insight
- intelligence
- judgment
- judiciousness
- knowledge
- learning
- penetration
- perspicacity
- poise
- practicality
- prudence
- reason
- sagaciousness
- sagacity
- sanity
- sapience
- savvy
- shrewdness
- stability
- understanding
Example Sentences
She thanked critics for celebrating "this genre of horror films, that are overlooked and not seen for the profundity that they can hold".
Nevertheless, there’s a hushed profundity, especially in Binoche and Fiennes’ performances, expressing the kind of unspeakable grief and trauma one brings home from the battlefield, and what those who remain home suffer in absence.
Recognizing, as he did, the profundity of humor, he might have said the same about death.
That also meant we could pick apart the smallest details about each scene to amplify some sense of profundity that, truth be told, probably wasn’t there in the first place.
Unlike “Black Swan,” the darkly funny “Abigail” — which follows a band of kidnappers as they discover that their prisoner, supposedly an adolescent ballet student, is actually a centuries-old vampire — doesn’t aim for profundity.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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