Hyphenation of profound

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word profound? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pro-found

Definitions of profound:

1.	Showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth The differences are profound A profound insight A profound book A profound mind Profound contempt Profound regret
2.	Of the greatest intensity Complete A profound silence A state of profound shock
3.	Far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something The fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred The book underwent fundamental changes Committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance Profound social changes
4.	Coming from deep within one A profound sigh
5.	(of sleep) deep and complete A heavy sleep Fell into a profound sleep A sound sleeper Deep wakeless sleep
6.	Situated at or extending to great depth Too deep to have been sounded or plumbed The profound depths of the sea The dark unfathomed caves of ocean-Thomas Gray Unplumbed depths of the sea Remote and unsounded caverns

Synonyms of profound:

adj	profound, deep, thoughtful, intense, scholarly
adj	intense
adj	fundamental, significant, important
adj	deep
adj	heavy, sound, wakeless, deep
adj	unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded, deep

Last hyphenations of this language

disclike sufferance visiting nitrohydrochloric alleviator mimeographist Trakas deans hidy-hole potency mod impetuosity focuses intombed allylthiourea quack Cormophyta subtympanitic motionlessness

Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.