soulful
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4.5
- adjective
- /ˈsoʊl.fəl/
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conmovedor
- On stage, a young Billie Holiday belts out a soulful blues tune.
- soulful eyes
- soulful voice
- soulful singer
I really enjoyed that he is so soulful and wise.
- I really enjoyed that he is so soulful and wise.
- He's just making really, really, really good, soulful, introspective, thoughtful, meaningful country music.
- My short answer is I hope that a lot of what you do in life feels like you're doing it from a generous, soulful place.
- And and it was the most effortless, easy and soulful magic I've ever experienced and still going on today.
- Life is too short if I can't enjoy it and get a soulful experience from this, whatever it is, watching, listening, or both.
- Did you want to see me broken, bowed head and lowered eyes, shoulders falling down like tear drops, weakened by my soulful cry?
- But he was just an always so, so soulful and sweet at the same time.
- And then this is kind of like a, you know, a much more mindful, you know, soulful book in the first.
- The coldness and the the pain of soulful pain.
- The food that we really, really like and find soulful are inefficient to cook, right?
- So it's soulful if you overcook it or undercook it.
Examples
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Lulu Belle began to follow me everywhere, calming down and becoming a quiet, soulful presence.
Fiction book (1995) -
Her soulful expression revealed the deep emotions she felt during the song.
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Well, that he does have such soulful eyes.
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Although its voice was louder, the guitar never lost its soulful, personal appeal.
Academic text (1998) -
Under all that veneer is a very soulful young attorney.
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I wanted to ask what makes a space soulful versus soulless?
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Dem liked the song choice, saying Beatrice was so soulful and had an amazing tone.
Blog text (20) -
He's just making really, really, really good, soulful, introspective, thoughtful, meaningful country music.
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Walter Dean Myers's soulful poems are accompanied by his son Christopher's remarkable paintings done on brown paper bags.
Academic text (2008) -
The singer's performance was incredibly soulful, moving the audience to tears.
Synonyms
603
1.0
Very strong or intense, for example very dark
77
4.3
Shows deep and sincere feeling in words or actions
31
4.9
Expressing deep personal feeling like a song
10
6.0
Causes strong feelings, often sadness or joy
2
6.1
Very beautiful in a sad or mysterious way that stays in your mind
1
7.1
Making you feel very strong emotions
Showing strong emotion that moves people
Showing deep feeling in a song or performance
Showing strong emotion, often in a dramatic or poetic way
Antonyms
How Soulful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Soulful comes from soul 'inner self' or 'spirit' plus the ending -ful 'full of', so it literally means 'full of soul' or deep feeling. That's why a soulful song or look feels very emotional and can move people.