soul-destroying
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7.9
- adjective
- /soʊl dɪˈstrɔɪɪŋ/
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desgarrador
- The long hours of repetitive work felt utterly soul-destroying and left him without any motivation.
And that to me was kind of soul destroying that I couldn't do that for them.
- And that to me was kind of soul destroying that I couldn't do that for them.
- I think it's going to be the most horrible, soul destroying challenge that will change my life.
- It can feel really awful, really upsetting, and really sort of soul destroying to believe and know you were manipulated.
- Horrifying, soul destroying, and even worse when your personal life is on the line.
Examples
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How can we make the future look more like the harmonious United Federation of Planets and less like the soul destroying Borg Collective?
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There's nothing more soul-destroying for the workers than having to turn up and play cards and watch DVDs.
Academic text (2009) -
A cold, soul-destroying fear came over him.
Fiction book (1993) -
Horrifying, soul destroying, and even worse when your personal life is on the line.
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And we need for those people to also have, you know, work that isn't soul destroying and that they can afford to live on.
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That soul-destroying teenage popularity machine had claimed another victim.
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The fact is that the Alpha role is ultimately so repressive, so soul-destroying, that at some level, we wish to protect women from it.
Blog text (26) -
This was Big Bear's greatest fear, a fear that the loss of freedom for his people would lead to soul-destroying humiliation.
Fiction book (2002) -
The schools I went to were often abusive and depraved, basically soul-destroying.
Blog text (9) -
It can be heartbreaking to love someone who has depression; it's soul-destroying when they can't find the courage to fight it.
Blog text (32)
Synonyms
219
2.2
Making you feel very sad and that things will not get better
62
4.5
Making you feel sad and hopeless
44
3.8
A gloomy, boring time that makes you feel sad or tired
26
5.2
Causing someone to lose confidence or hope
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8.5
Making you feel very tired and empty inside
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6.9
Making something feel very dull and boring
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8.6
To make someone feel bored and without energy or interest
How Demoralizing
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Morphology
Etymology
Soul-destroying combines soul (your inner 'spirit' or feelings) and destroying ('ruining' or 'killing'), so it describes something that seems to 'kill' your spirit and leaves you feeling empty, tired, or very unhappy.