as in passionate
full of or expressing feeling or emotion
soulful music a soulful performer a handsome actor with soulful eyes
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Recent Examples of soulful
Very soulful, very emotional music.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
As our collective appetite shifts from cool minimalism to interiors that feel warm, soulful, and lived-in, could the Tuscan style be quietly staging a comeback?
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
His soulful vocals and unmistakable touch on the Wurlitzer became the heartbeat of the bands' sound.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Lipa also demonstrated her soulful strut with an unexpected guest, Chaka Khan.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
As our collective appetite shifts from cool minimalism to interiors that feel warm, soulful, and lived-in, could the Tuscan style be quietly staging a comeback?
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
His soulful vocals and unmistakable touch on the Wurlitzer became the heartbeat of the bands' sound.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Lipa also demonstrated her soulful strut with an unexpected guest, Chaka Khan.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soulful
Adjective
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Kaif Shaikh Kaif Shaikh is a journalist and writer passionate about turning complex information into clear, impactful stories.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
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Investing in employee growth creates passionate advocates who deliver exceptional customer experiences, which then builds community goodwill.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Jamie was a loving son, husband and father.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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My friend Dexter Romweber died, who was a very kind, loving, and chaotic person with a ton going on and who ended up shaping me.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This blaze is intense enough that firefighters used water lines to moisten the soil around trees and wrapped their trunks with fire-resistant foil blankets.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
20 Sep. 2025
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From time to time, there’s still an intense demand for anything connected to the Fab Four, and countless films, books, and albums have been issued in the decades since the musicians split.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In Schorr’s photograph, the duo, played by Julia Garner and Cole Escola, is more ambiguous, more gender-flouting, projecting an air of affectionate defiance.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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However, when given affectionate touch from their partner, these feelings significantly reduced.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Here, the great theatrical advocate of wisdom-through-argument admits that argument itself has treacherous ramifications.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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One idea floated by that distributor is to simply lengthen theatrical windows.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
18 Sep. 2025
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The movie was roundly rejected by critics and general audiences aren’t any warmer, with moviegoer survey firm Cinema Score polling a bad C- grade among early viewers.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
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The pastel colorway, which also includes a warm blue and a mushroom hue bestows a sort of quiet luxury to your chamber.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Soulful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soulful. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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