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adjective
Date: 1860
full of or expressing feeling or emotion <soulful music> • soulfully adverb • soulfulness noun
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Soulful — may refer to:* the quality of having soul , often used in the context of a performer or a work in soul music * Soulful (Dionne Warwick album), 1969 album by Dionne Warwick * Soulful (Ruben Studdard album), 2003 album by Ruben Studdard … Wikipedia
soulful — 1640s, “as much as a soul can hold,” from SOUL (Cf. soul) (1) + FUL (Cf. ful). Meaning “full of feeling” is from 1860; that of “expressive of characteristic Black feeling” is from 1964 (see SOUL (Cf. soul) (2)) … Etymology dictionary
soulful — [adj] emotional ardent, deep, expressive, feeling, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, meaningful, moving, passionate, stirred, stirring, tender, touching; concepts 403,542 … New thesaurus
soulful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ expressing deep and typically sorrowful feeling. DERIVATIVES soulfully adverb soulfulness noun … English terms dictionary
soulful — [sōl′fəl] adj. full of or showing deep feeling soulfully adv. soulfulness n … English World dictionary
soulful — soul|ful [ˈsəulfəl US ˈsoul ] adj expressing deep, usually sad, emotions ▪ He looked up with those great soulful eyes . soulful voice/vocals/melody etc ▪ his powerful, soulful voice >soulfully adv >soulfulness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
soulful — [[t]so͟ʊlfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is soulful expresses deep feelings, especially sadness or love. ...his great, soulful, brown eyes. ...soulful music. Ant: soulless Derived words: soulfully ADV GRADED She gazed at him soulfully … English dictionary
soulful — soul|ful [ soulfəl ] adjective expressing strong emotions, especially sadness: a soulful tune big soulful eyes ╾ soul|ful|ly adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
soulful — UK [ˈsəʊlf(ə)l] / US [ˈsoʊlfəl] adjective expressing strong emotions, especially sadness a soulful tune big soulful eyes Derived word: soulfully adverb … English dictionary
Soulful — Musique soul « Soul » redirige ici. Pour les autres significations, voir Soul (homonymie) … Wikipédia en Français
