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(adj) rich
strong; intense
deep purple; a rich red
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them; a deep metaphysical theory; some recondite problem in historiography
(adj) inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying, cryptic, cryptical
of an obscure nature
the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms; a deep dark secret; the inscrutable workings of Providence; in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life- Rachel Carson; rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
(adj) bass
having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
a deep voice; a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice; a bass clarinet
(adj) thick
(of darkness) very intense
thick night; thick darkness; a face in deep shadow; deep night
(adv) deeply
to a great depth;far down
dived deeply; dug deep
(adv) late
to an advanced time
deep into the night; talked late into the evening
(noun) trench, oceanic abyss
a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor