Profuse
/prəˈfjuːs/adjective
A lot of something, in a large amount.
She was profuse in her thanks after he helped her carry the groceries.
Often appears as...
- profuse apologies
- profuse sweat
adjective
Giving or pouring forth freely; often to excess.
The area is known for its profuse vegetation.
Often appears as...
- profuse weeping
- profuse perspiration
adjective
A lot of something, in a large amount.
She was profuse in her thanks after he helped her carry the groceries.
Often appears as...
- profuse apologies
- profuse sweat
adjective
Giving or pouring forth freely; often to excess.
The area is known for its profuse vegetation.
Often appears as...
- profuse weeping
- profuse perspiration
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to emphasize strong feelings or reactions, often more than expected.
Her profuse gratitude for the simple gift was touching.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Situations
Can suggest problems if referencing undesirable things like errors or injuries.
The doctor was concerned about the patient's profuse bleeding.
Pro Tip 3/3Overwhelming Abundance
Implies that the quantity or amount is overwhelming and possibly more than needed.
At the banquet, there was a profuse array of dishes to choose from.
Compare with
abundantamplebountifulcopiousgenerouslavishplentifulprolific
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How we can improve...
hovering over a patient in the labor room. They were all desperately trying to save a woman's life. The patient was in shock. She had delivered a healthy baby boy a few hours before I arrived. Suddenly, she collapsed, became unresponsive, and had profuse uterine bleeding.
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Why do we sweat? - John...
This process, known as evaporative cooling, was an important adaptation for our ancestors. This cooling effect isn't only helpful during exercise. We sweat in many other scenarios, too. Eating particularly spicy food makes some people sweat profusely from their faces.
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Life at 30,000 feet PIPE...
and I sat down and wrote a long letter back to this lady apologizing profusely. But obviously, there wasn't a lot I could do about it. And then six months later, or nine months after the problem had taken, I got this delightful letter with a picture of the baby
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Can you solve the death...
It looks like the A, B, and C thrusters are off limits. Fortunately, the other two are just enough to clear the jump. You rocket into first place and the gang begrudgingly hands over your uncle. He thanks you profusely, and decides to celebrate your victory
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Wild Tales with...
and pummeled me to the ground and I'm just slammed I had three big Nikon's on my shoulder and one of them came up and Ashley slammed so hard it slashed my face open so I'm now bleeding profusely people have run down there trying to help me
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Iain Hutchison: Saving...
and she's having difficulty seeing. As you can see, it's blocking her vision. She's also in danger, when she damages this, of bleeding profusely. Our research has shown that the parents and close loved ones of these children adore them.
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The agony of opioid...
That's because I didn't know what was coming. At the beginning of week two, my life got much worse. As the symptoms dialed up in intensity, my internal thermostat seemed to go haywire. I would sweat profusely almost constantly,
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CIA Mind Control PIPE CIA...
what sheer terror there is in being trapped and not being able to breathe properly you feel you can't breathe i was sweating profusely and i now him today i have nightmares about it after half an hour we were released gasping
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Extreme Rehab PIPE National...
interestingly when a person vomits profusely as what occurs here it causes the release of endorphins natural opiates being released in your brain which will probably help with the early symptoms of opiate withdrawal
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Battle for Fallujah PIPE...
as they enter the insurgents fire these men are shot in the leg they're both bleeding profusely dangerous life-threatening wounds even
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How we can improve...
hovering over a patient in the labor room. They were all desperately trying to save a woman's life. The patient was in shock. She had delivered a healthy baby boy a few hours before I arrived. Suddenly, she collapsed, became unresponsive, and had profuse uterine bleeding.
Video examples
Why do we sweat? - John...
This process, known as evaporative cooling, was an important adaptation for our ancestors. This cooling effect isn't only helpful during exercise. We sweat in many other scenarios, too. Eating particularly spicy food makes some people sweat profusely from their faces.
Video examples
Life at 30,000 feet PIPE...
and I sat down and wrote a long letter back to this lady apologizing profusely. But obviously, there wasn't a lot I could do about it. And then six months later, or nine months after the problem had taken, I got this delightful letter with a picture of the baby
Video examples
Can you solve the death...
It looks like the A, B, and C thrusters are off limits. Fortunately, the other two are just enough to clear the jump. You rocket into first place and the gang begrudgingly hands over your uncle. He thanks you profusely, and decides to celebrate your victory
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Wild Tales with...
and pummeled me to the ground and I'm just slammed I had three big Nikon's on my shoulder and one of them came up and Ashley slammed so hard it slashed my face open so I'm now bleeding profusely people have run down there trying to help me
Video examples
Iain Hutchison: Saving...
and she's having difficulty seeing. As you can see, it's blocking her vision. She's also in danger, when she damages this, of bleeding profusely. Our research has shown that the parents and close loved ones of these children adore them.
Video examples
The agony of opioid...
That's because I didn't know what was coming. At the beginning of week two, my life got much worse. As the symptoms dialed up in intensity, my internal thermostat seemed to go haywire. I would sweat profusely almost constantly,
Video examples
CIA Mind Control PIPE CIA...
what sheer terror there is in being trapped and not being able to breathe properly you feel you can't breathe i was sweating profusely and i now him today i have nightmares about it after half an hour we were released gasping
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Extreme Rehab PIPE National...
interestingly when a person vomits profusely as what occurs here it causes the release of endorphins natural opiates being released in your brain which will probably help with the early symptoms of opiate withdrawal
Video examples
Battle for Fallujah PIPE...
as they enter the insurgents fire these men are shot in the leg they're both bleeding profusely dangerous life-threatening wounds even
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Mandy Patinkin
American Actor
I saw 'Hamilton' when it was at the Public, and I just wept profusely in my seat because this is a form I love deeply, and to watch it be reinvented in such a genius, gifted way and executed by such a brilliant company of human beings, I was overwhelmed with not just appreciation for the piece of work itself but for the possibility.
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Stephen Furst
American Actor
I felt different from everyone else - like an alien. The looks I received when I was 320 pounds were ones usually reserved for three-eyed monsters, half-man half-woman reptiles, creatures with hideous rolls of skin that sweated profusely and jiggled when they walked. That last one really was me.
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John Burns
English Activist
The men who made the war were profuse in their praises of the man who kicked the P.M. out of his office and now degrades by his disloyal, dishonest and lying presence the greatest office in the State.
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Sterling K. Brown
American Actor
In the gym, people's enthusiasm tends to get the best of them. They realize this is their opportunity to say hello or that they love my work... It doesn't matter how profusely you're sweating.
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Richard Francis Burton
English Explorer
Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest.
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Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
American Lawyer
I looked, and saw that Bob had entirely lost his left ear, and a large piece from his left cheek. His right eye was a little discoloured, and the blood flowed profusely from his wounds.
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Timothy Noah
American Journalist
The federal government does not trample in jackboots those with whom it does business. It wraps them in cotton batting and, when they express ingratitude, apologizes profusely.
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Carson Palmer
American Football Player
I don't like getting into hot cars when it's been sitting outside. You're already sweating and you get into the car and you're profusely sweating.
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Hannah More
English Writer
Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little.
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Vanity
Canadian Musician
I apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.
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Mandy Patinkin
American Actor
I saw 'Hamilton' when it was at the Public, and I just wept profusely in my seat because this is a form I love deeply, and to watch it be reinvented in such a genius, gifted way and executed by such a brilliant company of human beings, I was overwhelmed with not just appreciation for the piece of work itself but for the possibility.
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Stephen Furst
American Actor
I felt different from everyone else - like an alien. The looks I received when I was 320 pounds were ones usually reserved for three-eyed monsters, half-man half-woman reptiles, creatures with hideous rolls of skin that sweated profusely and jiggled when they walked. That last one really was me.
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John Burns
English Activist
The men who made the war were profuse in their praises of the man who kicked the P.M. out of his office and now degrades by his disloyal, dishonest and lying presence the greatest office in the State.
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Sterling K. Brown
American Actor
In the gym, people's enthusiasm tends to get the best of them. They realize this is their opportunity to say hello or that they love my work... It doesn't matter how profusely you're sweating.
Quote examples
Richard Francis Burton
English Explorer
Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest.
Quote examples
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
American Lawyer
I looked, and saw that Bob had entirely lost his left ear, and a large piece from his left cheek. His right eye was a little discoloured, and the blood flowed profusely from his wounds.
Quote examples
Timothy Noah
American Journalist
The federal government does not trample in jackboots those with whom it does business. It wraps them in cotton batting and, when they express ingratitude, apologizes profusely.
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Carson Palmer
American Football Player
I don't like getting into hot cars when it's been sitting outside. You're already sweating and you get into the car and you're profusely sweating.
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Hannah More
English Writer
Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little.
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Vanity
Canadian Musician
I apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.
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