: 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 two brought some soulful rumination on catered snacks and beautiful women with big foreheads.
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Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Other elements of The Big Short are funnier, but Bale is perhaps the film’s most soulful individual.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
There were closer to 25 or 30 people watching by the time the local rocker and his bandmates made it through a set of soulful psychedelic alt-rock.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 6 Mar. 2026
As a composer and band leader, Wilkins shines with his soulful delivery, keen attention to detail and his willingness to stretch out in search of creative transcendence.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
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Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Other elements of The Big Short are funnier, but Bale is perhaps the film’s most soulful individual.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
There were closer to 25 or 30 people watching by the time the local rocker and his bandmates made it through a set of soulful psychedelic alt-rock.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 6 Mar. 2026
As a composer and band leader, Wilkins shines with his soulful delivery, keen attention to detail and his willingness to stretch out in search of creative transcendence.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Soulful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soulful. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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