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Meanings of soul in English

Portuguese
pessoa
Catalan
humà
Spanish
alma

A human being.

pessoa
Portuguese
alma
Catalan
ànima
Spanish
alma

The immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life.

alma
Spanish
alma

Deep feeling or emotion.

alma
Synonyms
Examples for "soulfulness"
Examples for "soulfulness"
1
Her free-spirited yet grounded soulfulness makes her appealing to any music lover.
The South African
2
I was touched by the music's soulfulness but grateful I couldn't understand the chant.
Norway to hide: a passport to peril mystery
3
Tacita Dean Poetry and soulfulness fill the art of Tacita Dean, whatever form it happens to take.
The Guardian
4
No mere shrine to the pantheon, "Childhoods" honors the soulfulness and mystery of great art.
Reuters
5
A mood, a very Russian mood, of uncontainable soulfulness is conveyed before a word has been uttered.
Full Circle
Usage of soul in English
1
The brain and the body in general are instruments of the soul.
Bergson and His Philosophy
2
Persistent labor is the very breath of the soul, men; it-itis.
Birthright: A Novel
3
And in all those places,' said Sister Agnes, 'where is your soul?'
The Long War
4
Similar thoughts power Text Me's beautiful blend of rap and blue-eyed soul.
The Guardian
5
The matter is the machinery; energy the motion and soul the engineer.
Born Again
6
The anguish in her soul almost resented the break in the darkness.
Missing
7
So is it in the individual soul, and in the national soul.
A Dominie in Doubt
8
It's a particularly potent type of soul power we're dealing with here.
The Irish Times
9
It gets into the soul; it is stagnation; you die by inches.
The Blind Spot
10
I don't use the word soul anymore; at least not in public.
The Irish Times
11
Therefore original sin is in the flesh rather than in the soul.
Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
12
But original sin is more in the soul than in the flesh.
Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
13
News Corp is in an better position to indulge in public soul-searching.
Reuters
14
Commune with it in sickness'; it contains the medicine of the soul.
Sanders' Union Fourth Reader / Embracing a Full Exposition of th...
15
That incident prompted a wave of soul-searching in Germany about right-wing violence.
Reuters
16
EBONY: What do you think about the current state of soul music?
Ebony
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Translations for soul
Soul through the time
Soul across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Canada
Common
United States of America
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