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soulless

soulless

34 6.3
Cold and showing no warm or deep feeling
  • adjective
  • /ˈsoʊləs/
translation icon : sin alma
  • I wanted to avoid the formulaic kind of standard, soulless writing.

There are people who think that it is soulless or that it lacks culture.

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Examples

  • Good point about Harpa, which is soulless compared to the smaller venues.

    Blog text (8)
  • The cops escorted him to the car through a soulless corridor.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • There are people who think that it is soulless or that it lacks culture.

  • You treat people like things, because you are hollow and soulless.

  • Men with pale faces and soulless eyes.

  • I arrived in ldlewood early morning to find the streets bare and the town all but soulless.

  • When she came to work with Nathan, she seemed different, gentlemen; I don't know, somehow soulless.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • They're soulless creatures.

  • The next time the vampiric women laugh, Stoker describes it as a "soulless laughter" (46).

    Academic text (2017)
  • His soulless behavior during the meeting left everyone feeling uneasy.

Synonyms

hollow
vssoulless
64 5.5

Empty inside and not sincere or meaningful

is about absence of warmth and feeling rather than lack of sincerity
chilly
vssoulless
16 3.5

Not friendly or warm toward other people

is colder, implying absence of deep feeling rather than mere distance
dead inside
vssoulless
  • Informal
12 8.5

Having no feelings and unable to enjoy things or care

is cold and lacking deep warmth rather than totally numb
emotionless
vssoulless
11 5.5

Not showing feelings on the face or in the voice

is about lacking warmth and deep feeling rather than mere flatness
bloodless
vssoulless
4 6.6

Showing no feeling and little energy

focuses more on absence of warmth and deep feeling rather than low energy
cold as ice
vssoulless
  • Informal
4 7.2

Not showing any feeling or kindness to others

is broader, meaning lacking inner sensitivity rather than just outward coldness
coldhearted
vssoulless
4 6.0

Showing no care or sympathy for other people

is about general absence of warmth and deep feeling rather than only lack of compassion
heartless
vssoulless
2 4.9

Not having courage or fighting spirit

is focused on lacking deep feeling and warmth rather than low courage
affectless
vssoulless
1 9.3

A person who shows no emotion in the face or voice

is about being cold inside rather than only showing no expression
spiritless
vssoulless
1 6.0

Showing little energy and no enthusiasm

is about emotional coldness and lack of deep feeling rather than low energy
unanimated
vssoulless
1 7.6

Something that is not lively and seems dull and without energy

is about inner coldness and absence of deep feeling, not mere dullness
stonyhearted
vssoulless
9.6

Not feeling sorry for other people

covers lacking inner sensitivity more generally, not only lack of compassion
cold-livered
vssoulless
  • Offensive
9.9

Does not feel or show care for other people

is colder in general, focusing on inner emptiness rather than cruelty
fireless
vssoulless
5.1

Showing little energy and no enthusiasm

centres on emotional emptiness and lack of warmth rather than dullness

Antonyms

488 2.9

Aware of and careful about other people's feelings

1 3.7

Kind and friendly to other people

How Soulful

warm
280 1.0
soulful
32 4.5
reserved
3.7
cold
883 4.4
soulless
34 6.3

Surface Forms

soulless positive

Morphology

soulless = soul (transparent) = soul + less

Formed from the noun 'soul' + productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without', so the sense 'without feeling or warmth' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Soulless is made of soul and the ending -less, where soul means the 'inner self' or 'deep feeling' and -less means 'without'. So soulless means 'without a soul', a simple image for a person or place that feels cold, empty, or without real feeling.