soulless

adjective

ˈsōl-ləs How to pronounce soulless (audio)
Definition of soullessnext
as in callous
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings the public's soulless response to the news about the latest famine overseas

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soulless
  1. stony
  2. compassionless
  3. unfeeling
  4. hard
  5. callous
Adjective
  • Oscar Wilde, for example, reposes beneath a hulking deity whose iconoclastic castration, back in 1961, did little to restrain pilgrims seeking to smear red lips across his stony physique.
    — Emily Cox, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
  • Instead of looking like a sleek urban loft, the room can quickly start to feel cold, stony, and impersonal.
    — Natasha Bazika, Martha Stewart, 9 May 2026
Definition of stony
Adjective
  • Oscar and Birdie’s oily son Leo (a perceptive Christian Cooper) seems headed in the direction of his father, with his compassionless attitude toward life.
    — Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of compassionless
Adjective
  • Civilizations could have risen to their zenith and crumbled in the time our micrometeoroid spent traversing the unfeeling expanse of interplanetary space, but its demise lasted but a fraction of a second.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 July 2026
  • Readers can judge Jane and me, deciding that one of us was unfeeling or uncomprehending.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Definition of unfeeling
Adjective
  • For the last six years, Six has lived as a recluse in Amsterdam, lying in bed and going out twice a day for decaf coffee (the regular brew is too hard on his shattered nerves).
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
  • That could make a huge difference in remote communities where fuel is hard to find and dependable electricity cannot be taken for granted.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of hard
Adjective
  • Trump and his people operated under the kind of paranoia and callous disregard for military and civilian lives that have characterized the president’s time in office.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Although humanity’s salvation may appear to come in fits and starts, God’s healing influence always penetrates and gets through callous self-righteousness and indifference.
    — Mark Swinney, Christian Science Monitor, 21 July 2026
Definition of callous
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“Soulless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soulless. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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