: full of or expressing feeling or emotion
soulful music
soulfulness
noun
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a handsome actor with soulful eyes
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The Midnight Sky is familiar in its use of genre tropes, but Clooney's soulful performance brings a welcome warmth to this cold vision of Earth's future.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Dec. 2025
Where to Stay The charm of the Forgotten Coast is a result of its slow and soulful pace of living, and that extends to its homegrown places to stay, including Old Florida Inns and B&Bs.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
Among the year’s strongest shows was a travelogue that re-created the intimate sounds of an Antarctic expedition; an exploration of an Afrobeat legend’s life that captured the soulful cadence of his music; and an archivally rich deep dive into old Hollywood.
—Benjamin Cannon, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
With Saturn and Neptune in Aries activating your spirituality and healing sector for the next two years (and Neptune for over a decade), your relationship to money becomes more soulful, more intuitive, and more values-driven.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Dec. 2025
Where to Stay The charm of the Forgotten Coast is a result of its slow and soulful pace of living, and that extends to its homegrown places to stay, including Old Florida Inns and B&Bs.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
Among the year’s strongest shows was a travelogue that re-created the intimate sounds of an Antarctic expedition; an exploration of an Afrobeat legend’s life that captured the soulful cadence of his music; and an archivally rich deep dive into old Hollywood.
—Benjamin Cannon, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
With Saturn and Neptune in Aries activating your spirituality and healing sector for the next two years (and Neptune for over a decade), your relationship to money becomes more soulful, more intuitive, and more values-driven.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Soulful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soulful. Accessed 4 Jan. 2026.
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