soul-destroying
adjective
: causing a person to feel very unhappy or depressed
the soul-destroying confinement of city life
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Even well-meaning regulation can have soul-destroying and industry-crushing consequences.
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David Doty, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
It’s been said many times before, but this is and always will be a soul-destroying place to watch football.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
Later, with the nightmare surrealism of Mulholland Drive, Lynch would expose the soul-destroying nature of Hollywood.
—Armond White, National Review, 17 Jan. 2025
There is nothing worse than hopelessness, nothing more soul-destroying than pessimism, grief, and despair.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
This was a bad idea; listening to a couple of AI bots mindlessly spitting out empty observations while mimicking the tempo of human speech is a soul-destroying experience.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
The film also includes near doc sequences, such as of María’s soul-destroying work in a local orange packaging factory.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 22 July 2024
Often, of course, these machines are used, and the consequences are soul-destroying for the characters.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Those questions sound awful even by the standards of an already soul-destroying political season.
—Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2023
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David Doty, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
It’s been said many times before, but this is and always will be a soul-destroying place to watch football.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
Later, with the nightmare surrealism of Mulholland Drive, Lynch would expose the soul-destroying nature of Hollywood.
—Armond White, National Review, 17 Jan. 2025
There is nothing worse than hopelessness, nothing more soul-destroying than pessimism, grief, and despair.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
This was a bad idea; listening to a couple of AI bots mindlessly spitting out empty observations while mimicking the tempo of human speech is a soul-destroying experience.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
The film also includes near doc sequences, such as of María’s soul-destroying work in a local orange packaging factory.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 22 July 2024
Often, of course, these machines are used, and the consequences are soul-destroying for the characters.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Those questions sound awful even by the standards of an already soul-destroying political season.
—Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2023
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“Soul-destroying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soul-destroying. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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