Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soul-crushing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: soul-crush-ing
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely disheartening: that causes erosion of moral fortitude or that eliminates hope or motivation.

adj

Extremely boring.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:disheartening"
"This litany of travails is soul-crushing."
"Some came to get rich on their wits and intellect, others on their strength and brawn, toiling from dawn to dusk in soul-crushing labors."
"Oh, it was nothing compared to the immediate, soul-crushing loneliness I'd experienced when Baxter and I had split."
"soul-crushing boredom"
"I can't sit through another lecture from this professor — his delivery is soul-crushing."

Inflected Forms

more soul-crushing (comparative) most soul-crushing (superlative)

Phrases

soul-crushingly

Synonyms

soul-destroying demotivating demoralizing despiriting disappointing discouraging disheartening dispiriting

Questions

What does soul-crushing mean?: Extremely disheartening: that causes erosion of moral fortitude or that eliminates hope or motivation.

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