soulful
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4.5
- adjective
- /ˈsoʊl.fəl/
- On stage, a young Billie Holiday belts out a soulful blues tune.
- soulful eyes
- soulful voice
- soulful singer
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Watch on YouTubeI 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
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1.0
Very strong or intense, for example very dark
71
4.3
Shows deep and sincere feeling in words or actions
30
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
1
9.8
Showing strong emotion, often in a dramatic or poetic way
1
7.7
Showing deep feeling in a song or performance
Showing strong emotion that moves people
Antonyms
How Soulful
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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.