as in passionate
full of or expressing feeling or emotion
soulful music a soulful performer a handsome actor with soulful eyes
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Recent Examples of soulful
Lipa also demonstrated her soulful strut with an unexpected guest, Chaka Khan.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
New builds feel soulful in the hands of Denise Morrison, founder and principal designer of Morrison Interiors.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
The upper level caters to a nightclub experience filled with soulful sounds from a fusion of Afrobeats, Caribbean, house and old-school R&B.
—Jewel Wicker, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
Several thousand people each week continue to buy the soulful favorite.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
New builds feel soulful in the hands of Denise Morrison, founder and principal designer of Morrison Interiors.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
The upper level caters to a nightclub experience filled with soulful sounds from a fusion of Afrobeats, Caribbean, house and old-school R&B.
—Jewel Wicker, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
Several thousand people each week continue to buy the soulful favorite.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soulful
Adjective
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While traditional agencies mainly focus on commission structures, Iftiu built his organization around leadership development and recruiting salespeople who are passionate about putting clients first.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Kaif Shaikh Kaif Shaikh is a journalist and writer passionate about turning complex information into clear, impactful stories.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Jamie was a loving son, husband and father.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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My friend Dexter Romweber died, who was a very kind, loving, and chaotic person with a ton going on and who ended up shaping me.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Pyongyang has continued to exercise significant control over the population and severely restrict the rights and freedoms of its population, and that has only gotten more intense over the last decade.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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This question — which strikes at the heart of a perennial issue in American politics, frequently reignited by recurring mass shootings — sparked an intense partisan divide.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In Schorr’s photograph, the duo, played by Julia Garner and Cole Escola, is more ambiguous, more gender-flouting, projecting an air of affectionate defiance.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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However, when given affectionate touch from their partner, these feelings significantly reduced.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The film was made available to buy and rent on digital platforms, like Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home, on July 15, a month after its theatrical release.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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John Galliano brings an extraordinary sensitivity to storytelling, blending the past and present with such technical precision that each piece feels theatrical in itself.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While this is only slightly warmer than what is normal for mid-September for the Gulf Coast, this is 10 to 15 degrees warmer than what is normal for this time of the year for much of the Mississippi Valley -- including for parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota and Minnesota.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Great Britain’s winning performance from Friday’s four races, held in bright sunshine and warm gusty breeze, earned driver Dylan Fletcher and his team their second victory of the season.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Soulful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soulful. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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