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soul·ful

(sōl′fəl)

adj.

Full of or expressing deep feeling; profoundly emotional.

soul′ful·ly adv.

soul′ful·ness n.

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soulful

(ˈsəʊlfʊl)

adj

sometimes ironic expressing profound thoughts or feelings: soulful music.

ˈsoulfully adv

ˈsoulfulness n

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soul•ful

(ˈsoʊl fəl)

adj.

expressive of deep feeling or emotion: soulful eyes.

[1860–65]

soul′ful•ly, adv.

soul′ful•ness, n.

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Adj.

soulful - full of or expressing deep emotion; "soulful eyes"; "soulful music"

emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"

soulful

adjective expressive, sensitive, eloquent, moving, profound, meaningful, heartfelt, mournful his great, soulful, brown eyes

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Translations

عاطِفي، مليء بالعاطِفَه

cituplný

følelsesfuld

seelenvoll

sentimental

mélyen érző

tilfinningaríkur

oduševnený

soulful

[ˈsəʊlfʊl] ADJ [gaze, look, eyes] → conmovedor; [music] → lleno de sentimiento

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

soulful

[ˈsəʊlfʊl] adj [eyes, look, expression, music] → mélancolique

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

soulful

adj look → seelenvoll; person, song → gefühlvoll; eyes → ausdrucksstark

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

soulful

[ˈsəʊlfʊl] adj (gen) → pieno/a di sentimento; (eyes, expression) → espressivo/a

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soul

(səul) noun

1. the spirit; the non-physical part of a person, which is often thought to continue in existence after he or she dies. People often discuss whether animals and plants have souls.

2. a person. She's a wonderful old soul.

3. (of an enterprise etc) the organizer or leader. He is the soul of the whole movement.

4. soul music.

ˈsoulful adjective

full of (usually sad, wistful etc) feeling. a soulful expression.

ˈsoulfully adverb

ˈsoulless adjective

1. (of a person) without fine feeling or nobleness.

2. (of life, a task etc) dull or very unimportant.

ˈsoul-destroying adjective

(of a task etc) very dull, boring, repetitive etc.

soul music (also soul)

a type of music, descended from American Negro gospel songs, which has great emotion.

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How few men, dear reader, are engaged to girls with svelte figures, brown hair, and large blue eyes, now sparkling and vivacious, now dreamy and soulful, but always large and blue!

On the day he first met her, at a picnic, she had looked so soulful, so aloof from this world, that he had felt instinctively that here was a girl who expected more from a man than a mere statement that the weather was great.

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Canadian by birth and now Berlinbased, Jayda G has risen steadily and stealthily through the dance music underground with her soulful music, vitality and boundless enthusiasm.

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This soulful hit was released last month and it was featured on Kaofela with Mzitho on Yarona Fm.

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