part of a person which is not physical and
experiences deep feelings and emotions. She
suffered greatly while she was alive, so let us
hope her soul is now at peace. His soul was often
tormented by memories of what he had seen in
the prison, (esp. Br disapproving). Something,
such as a job, which is soul-destroying is
unpleasant and destroys a person's confidence
or happiness: Repetitive work can become soul- destroying after a while. It's soul-destroying for
any team to lose most of their games. Soul- searching is deep and careful consideration of
inner thoughts, esp. about a moral problem:
After much soul-searching, he decided it was
wrong to vote in the election.
Soul - the quality of a person or work
of art which shows or produces deep good
feelings. Only a person with no soul would be
unmoved by her account of what happened in
the prison camps. Although some people think
her paintings lack soul, they are very popular.
A soul mate is someone who shares your way
of thinking about the world and is usually someone for whom you feel
a large amount of affection or love: They realized immediately that they
were soul mates on the issue of ecology. He's spent the whole of his adult
life searching for a soul mate (= perfect lover).
Soul - a person of a stated type. She was such a happy soul when she
was a child. Some unfortunate soul will have to tell him what's happened.
Soul can also mean any person, and is usually used in negative statements:
There wasn't a soul around when we arrived at the beach (CIDE).