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Sounds | diy'p |
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Rhymes | asleep, beep, bleep, and 18 more rhymes in iyp at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Relatively deep or strong. Affecting one deeply. |
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Examples | "a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep" |
Attribute of | depth |
Similar | heavy, profound, sound, wakeless; profound |
Contrary | shallow |
Adverbs | deeply |
Meaning | Marked by depth of thinking. |
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Examples | "deep thoughts"; "a deep allegory" |
Similar to | profound |
Meaning | Having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center. Sometimes used in combination. |
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Examples | "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep" |
Attribute of | depth |
Similar | abysmal, abyssal, unfathomable; bottomless; deep-water; in depth; profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded; walk-in |
See also | unfathomable |
Contrary | shallow |
Adverbs | deeply |
Meaning | Very distant in time or space. |
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Examples | "deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe" |
Similar to | distant |
Adverbs | deep |
Meaning | Extreme. |
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Examples | "in deep trouble"; "deep happiness" |
Similar to | intense |
Meaning | Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range. |
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Examples | "a deep voice" |
Synonyms | bass |
Similar to | low, low-pitched |
Meaning | Strong. Intense. |
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Examples | "deep purple" |
Synonyms | rich |
Similar to | colorful, colourful |
Meaning | Relatively thick from top to bottom. |
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Examples | "deep carpets"; "deep snow" |
Similar to | thick |
Meaning | Extending relatively far inward. |
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Examples | "a deep border" |
Similar to | wide, broad |
Meaning | (of darkness) very intense. |
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Examples | "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night" |
Synonyms | thick |
Similar to | intense |
Meaning | Large in quantity or size. |
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Examples | "deep cuts in the budget" |
Similar to | large, big |
Meaning | With head or back bent low. |
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Examples | "a deep bow" |
Similar to | low |
Meaning | Of an obscure nature. |
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Examples | "a deep dark secret" |
Synonyms | cryptic, cryptical, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying |
Similar to | inexplicable, incomprehensible |
Meaning | Difficult to penetrate. Incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge. |
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Examples | "a deep metaphysical theory" |
Synonyms | abstruse, recondite |
Similar to | esoteric |
Meaning | Exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy. |
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Examples | "deep political machinations"; "a deep plot" |
Similar to | artful |
Meaning | The central and most intense or profound part. |
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Examples | "in the deep of night"; "in the deep of winter" |
Broader | middle |
Meaning | A long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor. |
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Synonyms | trench, oceanic abyss |
Narrower | Atacama Trench; Bougainville Trench; Japan Trench; Nares Deep |
Broader | natural depression, depression |
Meaning | Literary term for an ocean. |
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Examples | "denizens of the deep" |
Broader | ocean |
Meaning | To a great depth. |
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Examples | "dived deeply"; "dug deep" |
Synonyms | deeply |
Meaning | To an advanced time. |
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Examples | "deep into the night" |
Synonyms | late |
Meaning | To far into space. |
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Examples | "penetrated deep into enemy territory"; "went deep into the woods"; |
Adjectives | deep |