soul (s l)n. 1. The animating and vital principle in humans, credited with the faculties of thought, action, and emotion and often conceived as an immaterial entity. 2. The spiritual nature of humans, regarded as immortal, separable from the body at death, and susceptible to happiness or misery in a future state. 3. The disembodied spirit of a dead human. 4. A human: "the homes of some nine hundred souls" (Garrison Keillor). 5. The central or integral part; the vital core: "It saddens me that this network ... may lose its soul, which is after all the quest for news" (Marvin Kalb). 6. A person considered as the perfect embodiment of an intangible quality; a personification: I am the very soul of discretion. 7. A person's emotional or moral nature: "An actor is ... often a soul which wishes to reveal itself to the world but dare not" (Alec Guinness). 8. A sense of ethnic pride among Black people and especially African Americans, expressed in areas such as language, social customs, religion, and music. 9. A strong, deeply felt emotion conveyed by a speaker, a performer, or an artist. 10. Soul music. [Middle English, from Old English s  wol.] |
soul [səʊl]
n
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the spirit or immaterial part of man, the seat of human personality, intellect, will, and emotions, regarded as an entity that survives the body after death Related adj pneumatic
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Christianity the spiritual part of a person, capable of redemption from the power of sin through divine grace
3. the essential part or fundamental nature of anything
4. a person's feelings or moral nature as distinct from other faculties
5. (Music)
a. Also called soul music a type of Black music resulting from the addition of jazz, gospel, and pop elements to the urban blues style
b. (as modifier) a soul singer
6. (Social Science / Peoples) (modifier) of or relating to Black Americans and their culture soul brother soul food
7. nobility of spirit or temperament a man of great soul and courage
8. an inspiring spirit or leading figure, as of a cause or movement
the life and soul See life [28]
10. a person regarded as typifying some characteristic or quality the soul of discretion
11. a person; individual an honest soul
upon my soul! an exclamation of surprise
[Old English sāwol; related to Old Frisian sēle, Old Saxon sēola, Old High German sēula soul]
soul-like adj
Soul [səʊl]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Christian Science another word for God
Soul
a doctrine that God creates a new soul for every human being bon. Cf. metempsychosis. — creationist, n. — creationistic, adj.
the doctrine or belief that the soul enters the body by divine infu-sion at conception or birth.
1. the passage of a soul from one body to another.
2. the rebirth of the soul at death in another body, either human or animal. Cf. creationism. — metempsychic, metempsychosic, metempsychosical, adj.
2. the rebirth of the soul at death in another body, either human or animal. Cf. creationism. — metempsychic, metempsychosic, metempsychosical, adj.
the theory that all souls are actually a single unity. — mono-psychic, monopsychical, adj.
the denial that the soul exists. — nullibist, n.
Philosophy. the doctrine that each object in the universe has either a mind or an unconscious soul. — panpsychist, n. — panpsychistic, adj.
the belief that one person may have many souls or modes of intelligence. — polypsychic, polypsychical, adj.
the guiding of a soul, especially that of a person recently dead into the lower world. — psychagogue, n. — psychagogic, adj.
Obsolete, a conflict or battle between the soul and the body.
the manifestation of a person’s soul to another, usually at some distance from the body. — psychorrhagic, adj.
the belief that the soul has a divine nature.
Theology. the doctrine that a new human soul is generated from the souls of the parents at the moment of conception. — traducianist, n. — traducianistic, adj.
any of various theories of metempsychosis or reincarna-tion, as the Hindu doctrines of Karma.
Soul
- Feel my soul rolling as if it were inside an empty barrel —Yehuda Amichai
- The human soul is like a bird that is born in a cage. Nothing can deprive it of its natural longings or obliterate the mysterious remembrance of its heritage —Epes Sargent
- The inner chambers of the soul are like the photographer’s darkroom. Like a laboratory. One cannot stay there all the time or it becomes the solitary cell of the neurotic —Anaïs Nin
- I thought that the soul went round like a Gladstone bag, never caring a damn for any particular station-rack or hotel cloakroom —Dylan Thomas
- My soul is like a desert and the wind blows in its silent barren spaces —W. Somerset Maugham
- My soul is like the oar that momentarily dies in a desperate stress beneath the wave, then glitters out again and sweeps the sea —Sidney Lanier
- Some souls are like sponges. You cannot squeeze anything out of them except what they have sucked from you —Kahlil Gibran
- Soul … as disheveled as your apartment —Jay Mclnerney
- A soul as white as heaven —Beaumont and Fletcher
- The soul dwells in the body like a spider in its web —Anon Greek philosopher
A variation from the same source: “The soul resides in the body like a sailor in a ship.”
- Soulless as apes. Spineless as mosquitoes or dandelions —Rick Borsten
- The soul, like fire, abhors what it consumes —Derek Walcott
- The soul of man is larger than the sky —Hartley Coleridge
- A soul that, like an ample shield, can take in all, and verge enough for more —John Dryden
- A soul through which the morning shines as through a leaf —Rainer Maria Rilke
- Strong souls live like fire-hearted suns, to spend their strength in further striving action —George Eliot
- The sweetest souls, like the sweetest flowers, soon canker in cities —Walter Savage Landor
- Your soul was like a star, and dwelt apart —William Wordsworth
In Wordsworth’s sonnet the first word was ‘Thy.’
- (Even if you’re racked by troubles, and sick and poor and ugly,) you’ve got your soul to carry through life like a treasure on a platter —Alice Munro
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  soul - the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual lifeghost - the visible disembodied soul of a dead person spirit - the vital principle or animating force within living things |
| 2. |  soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently causal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results personality - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others" chassis, bod, human body, material body, physical body, physique, build, anatomy, figure, flesh, frame, shape, soma, form - alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" self - a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self" adventurer, venturer - a person who enjoys taking risks unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual applicant, applier - a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission appointee, appointment - a person who is appointed to a job or position capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) color-blind person - a person unable to distinguish differences in hue communicator - a person who communicates with others contestant - a person who participates in competitions coward - a person who shows fear or timidity creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things applied scientist, engineer, technologist - a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems entertainer - a person who tries to please or amuse experimenter - a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas; "she was an experimenter in new forms of poetry" expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully face - a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces" female person, female - a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies individualist - a person who pursues independent thought or action aborigine, indigen, indigene, native, aboriginal - an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students" native - a person born in a particular place or country; "he is a native of Brazil" inexperienced person, innocent - a person who lacks knowledge of evil intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed lover - a person who loves someone or is loved by someone loved one - a person who you love, usually a member of your family leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others male person, male - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies money dealer, money handler - a person who receives or invests or pays out money | |
| 3. | soul - deep feeling or emotion feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" | |
| 4. | soul - the human embodiment of something; "the soul of honor" embodiment - giving concrete form to an abstract concept | |
| 5. | soul - a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement" African-American music, black music - music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses gospel singing, gospel - folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul) |
soul
noun
1. spirit, essence, psyche, life, mind, reason, intellect, vital force, animating principle Such memories stirred in his soul.
2. embodiment, essence, incarnation, epitome, personification, quintessence, type With such celebrated clients, she necessarily remains the soul of discretion.
Related words
adjective pneumatic
adjective pneumatic
Translations
soul [səʊl]
A. N
1. (Rel) → alma f
with all one's soul → con todo el alma
All Souls' Day → (el día de)Todos los Santos
(God) bless my soul! (o.f.) → ¡que Dios me ampare!
God rest his soul → que Dios lo acoja en su seno
upon my soul! (o.f.) → ¡cielo santo!
like a lost soul → como alma en pena
to sell one's soul to the devil → vender el alma al diablo
see also possess 1
with all one's soul → con todo el alma
All Souls' Day → (el día de)Todos los Santos
(God) bless my soul! (o.f.) → ¡que Dios me ampare!
God rest his soul → que Dios lo acoja en su seno
upon my soul! (o.f.) → ¡cielo santo!
like a lost soul → como alma en pena
to sell one's soul to the devil → vender el alma al diablo
see also possess 1
2. (= feeling) you have no soul! → ¡no tienes sentimientos!
the music lacks soul → a la música le falta sentimiento
these places have no soul → estos sitios no tienen vida
the music lacks soul → a la música le falta sentimiento
these places have no soul → estos sitios no tienen vida
3. (= essence) [of people, nation] → espíritu m
see also bare B
see also body A1
see also heart A2
see also life A5
see also bare B
see also body A1
see also heart A2
see also life A5
4. (fig) (= person) → alma f
3,000 souls → 3.000 almas
there was not a (living) soul in sight → no se veía(ni)un alma
a few brave souls ventured out → unos cuantos valientes se aventuraron a salir
the poor soul had nowhere to sleep → el pobre no tenía dónde dormir
poor soul! → ¡pobrecito!
I won't tell a soul → no se lo diré a nadie
3,000 souls → 3.000 almas
there was not a (living) soul in sight → no se veía(ni)un alma
a few brave souls ventured out → unos cuantos valientes se aventuraron a salir
the poor soul had nowhere to sleep → el pobre no tenía dónde dormir
poor soul! → ¡pobrecito!
I won't tell a soul → no se lo diré a nadie
5. (= embodiment) to be the soul of discretion → ser la discreción personificada or en persona
see also brevity
see also brevity
soul [ˈsəʊl]
n
(= spirit) → âme f
(= person) → âme f
She was a kind and generous soul.; He's a jolly soul
BUT C'est un joyeux luron.
I didn't see a soul → je n'ai pas vu âme qui vive
the poor soul → le pauvre
The poor soul had nowhere to sleep → Le pauvre n'avait nulle part où dormir.
She was a kind and generous soul.; He's a jolly soul
BUT C'est un joyeux luron.
I didn't see a soul → je n'ai pas vu âme qui vive
the poor soul → le pauvre
The poor soul had nowhere to sleep → Le pauvre n'avait nulle part où dormir.
(also soul music) → soul f
modif (MUSIC) [band, singer, record] → de soul
soul-destroying [ˈsəʊldɪˈstrɔɪɪŋ] adj [job, experience] → démoralisant(e)
soul food (mainly US) n cuisine traditionnelle du sud des États Unis.
soul-destroying [ˈsəʊldɪˈstrɔɪɪŋ] adj [job, experience] → démoralisant(e)
soul food (mainly US) n cuisine traditionnelle du sud des États Unis.
soul
soul:
n
→ Seele f; upon my soul! (dated) (God) bless my soul! → meiner Treu (dated), → na so was!; All Souls’ Day → Allerheiligen nt; God rest his soul! → Gott hab ihn selig! ? body a
(= inner being) → Innerste(s), Wesen nt; he may not be a brilliant intellect, but he has a beautiful soul → er ist vielleicht kein großer Geist, aber er hat innere Werte; he loved her with all his soul → er liebte sie von ganzem Herzen; he loved her with all his heart and with all his soul → er liebte sie mit jeder Faser seines Herzens; the priest urged them to search their souls → der Priester drängte sie, ihr Gewissen zu erforschen; a little humility is good for the soul → ein bisschen Bescheidenheit tut der Seele gut; the soul of the city has been destroyed by modernization → durch die Modernisierung ist die Stadt in ihrem innersten Wesen zerstört worden; to have a soul above something → über etw (acc) → hoch erhaben sein; the music lacks soul → der Musik fehlt echter Ausdruck; poetry is the soul of civilization → die Dichtkunst ist die Seele der Zivilisation
(= finer feelings) → Herz nt, → Gefühl nt; complete lack of soul → vollkommene Gefühllosigkeit; a musician of considerable technical skill, but lacking soul → ein Musiker von beachtlichem technischem Können, aber ohne echtes Gefühl; you’ve got to have soul (US sl) → du musst Feeling haben (inf); soul brother → Bruder m; soul sister → Schwester f; he’s a soul brother → er ist einer von uns
(= person) → Seele f; 3,000 souls → 3.000 Seelen (geh); poor soul! (inf) → Ärmste(r)!; how is she, the wee soul? → wie gehts denn unsrer Kleinen?; he’s a good soul → er ist ein guter Mensch; she’s a kind or kindly soul → sie ist eine gute Seele; she’s a simple soul → sie hat ein schlichtes Gemüt; not a soul → keine Menschenseele; there wasn’t a living soul about → keine Menschenseele war zu sehen; the ship was lost with all souls → das Schiff ging mit (der ganzen Besatzung und) allen Passagieren unter
he’s the soul of generosity/discretion → er ist die Großzügigkeit/Diskretion in Person
(Mus) → Soul m
soul:
soul mate
n → Seelenfreund(in) m(f)
soul-searching
n → Gewissensprüfung f
soul-stirring
adj speech, music → bewegend
soul [səʊl] n
a. → anima
with all one's soul → con tutta l'anima
All Souls' Day → il giorno dei morti
God rest his soul → pace all'anima sua
he's the soul of discretion → è la discrezione in persona
with all one's soul → con tutta l'anima
All Souls' Day → il giorno dei morti
God rest his soul → pace all'anima sua
he's the soul of discretion → è la discrezione in persona
b. (person) → anima
the ship sank with all souls → la nave affondò con tutti a bordo
I didn't see a soul → non ho visto anima viva
the poor soul had nowhere to sleep → il poveraccio non aveva dove dormire
the ship sank with all souls → la nave affondò con tutti a bordo
I didn't see a soul → non ho visto anima viva
the poor soul had nowhere to sleep → il poveraccio non aveva dove dormire
c. (also soul music) → soul m
n soul [səul]
1 the spirit; the non-physical part of a person, which is often thought to continue in existence after he or she dies People often discuss whether animals and plants have souls. siel روح дух duše sjæl die Seele ψυχή alma, espíritu hing روح sielu âme נְשָׁמָה आत्मा, जीवात्मा duh, duša lélek jiwa sál anima, spirito 魂 영혼 siela dvēsele; gars roh ziel sjel, ånd dusza alma suflet душа duša duša duša själ วิญญาณ ruh 靈魂 душа, дух روح linh hồn 灵魂
2 a person She's a wonderful old soul. persoon شَخْص човек člověk menneske die Seele άνθρωπος, τύπος alma, persona olend, hingeline شخص ihminen personne נְשָמָה व्यक्ति čovjek, stanovnik ember orang sála, mannvera anima, persona 人 사람 būtybė būtne; persona; cilvēks orang ziel menneske; en vennlig sjel osoba alma persoană человек človek duša osoba själ ความคิด kişi 人 людина فرد người 人
3 (of an enterprise etc) the organizer or leader He is the soul of the whole movement. siel, leier مُنَظِّم، قائِد душа duše sjæl die Seele η ψυχή (μτφ.), ο αρχηγός alma hing مظهر sielu âme הַרוּחַ הָחָיָה जान pokretač, vođa lelke vminek jiwa driffjöður anima 中心人物 (기업 등의) 조직자, 지도자 siela (pasākuma u.tml.) dvēsele pemimpin ziel primus motor dusza alma suflet вдохновитель duša duša srž själ ผู้นำ lider (企業等)領導人 душа (товариства, компанії) قاید، منتظم linh hồn , trụ cột （企业等）领导人
4 soul music. sielmusiek موسيقى روحانِيَّه соул музика soul soulmusik der Soul μουσική σόουλ soul, música soul soul(muusika) موسيقي حزن انگيز soul soul music מוִּזיקָת נְשָמָה भावपूर्ण संगीत crnačka soul glazba spirituálé musik soul sól-tónlist soul ソウルミュージック 솔 뮤직 dvasingoji (negrų) muzika soula mūzika soul soul soulmusikk, svart musikk muzyka soulowa música soul muzică soul соул soul soul soul soul ดนตรีแนวป๊อบ zenci müziği 靈魂樂 соул امریکی سیاہ فام لوگوں کا رائج کردہ طرز موسیقی nhạc soul 灵乐
adj soulful
full of (usually sad, wistful etc) feeling a soulful expression. sielig عاطِفي، مليء بالعاطِفَه емоционален cituplný følelsesfuld seelenvoll εκφραστικός, γεμάτος συναίσθημα conmovedor hingeline sielukas sentimental מָלא רֶגֶש भावपूर्ण izražajan, duševan mélyen érző penuh perasaan tilfinningaríkur sentimentale 魂のこもった (슬픈) 감정적인, 감동적인 liūdnas, ilgesingas dvēselisks; izjusts penuh perasaan gevoelvol sjelfull pełen uczucia saudoso sentimental томный citový, oduševnený čustven izražajan själfull เต็มไปด้วยความรู้สึก duygulu 深情的 емоційний; сентиментальний دل گداز، چذباتی có hồn, làm xúc động sâu sắc 深情的
adv soulfully
sielig بِعاطِفَةٍ مليئَه с чуство cituplně følelsesfuldt seelenvoll εκφραστικά conmovedoramente hingeliselt sielukkaasti de manière sentimentale בִּמלוֹא הָרֶגֶש भावपूर्णता से duševno lelkesen, érzelmesen; meghatóan dengan penuh perasaan á tilfinningaríkan hátt sentimentalmente 魂をこめて 감동적으로, 감상적으로 liūdnai, ilgesingai dvēseliski; izjusti dengan penuh perasaan gevoelvol sjelfullt, med ånd z uczuciem saudosamente (într-un mod) sentimental томно citovo čustveno izražajno själfullt อย่างเต็มไปด้วยความรู้สึก duygulu bir şekilde 深情地 емоційно; сентиментально اثر انگیزی سے có hồn, làm xúc động sâu sắc 深情地
adj soulless
1 (of a person) without fine feeling or nobleness. sielloos بدون حَيَوِيَّه бездушен bezduchý følelseskold seelenlos άκαρδος desalmado tuim, hingetu sieluton sans âme חֲסַר לֵב भावशून्य, निर्भावता bezdušan, bezosjećajan érzéketlen tanpa perasaan tilfinninga-/huglaus senz'anima 魂のこもっていない 영혼이 없는, 무정한 bejausmis, nejautrus bezdvēselisks; (par cilvēku) auksts tidak berperasaan zielloos uten følelse, uhederlig bezduszny desalmado fără suflet бездушный bezduchý brez duše bezdušan andefattig, själlös ไร้วิญญาณ duygusuz, ruhsuz 無情的，卑鄙的 бездушний بے دلانہ، بے حسی پر مبنی không có tâm hồn 无情的，卑鄙的
2 (of life, a task etc) dull or very unimportant. sielloos فاقِد النَّشاط والحَيَوِيَّه безинтересен přízemní tomt seelenlos βαρετός, άχαρος aburrido tähtsusetu merkityksetön terre à terre אַפרוּרִי निष्प्राणता bez duše lélektelen membosankan andlaus, litlaus noioso, monotono つまらない 생기가 없는, 시시한 bodus, nykus garlaicīgs; neinteresants; (par darbu) sauss membosankan geesteloos åndeløs, sjelløs bezsensowny desinteressante plictisitor скучный; незначительный prízemný prazen dosadan andefattig, själlös ที่ไม่มีความรู้สึกลึกซึ้ง sıkıcı, ruhsuz 無精打采的，無足輕重的 мілкий, дрібний عامیانہ، بے لطف không có tâm hồn, tầm thường 无精打采的，无足轻重的
adj soul-destroying
(of a task etc) very dull, boring, repetitive etc. vervelend مُمِل، مُتَكَرِّر، قاتِل للنَّفْس прен. убийствен duchamorný dræbende die Soulmusik ψυχοφθόρος aburrido, pesado, repetitivo, monótono tüütav, üksluine piinallisen yksitoikkoinen abrutissant שוֹחֵק आत्मा-मारक, जड़ बनाने वाला koji ubija dušu lélekölő membosankan andlaus, niðurdrepandi alienante, (che abbruttisce) 単調な 못 견디게 단조로운 atgrasus, nykus apnicīgs; nomācošs membunuh semangat geestdodend nedbrytende, dødskjedelig ogłupiający maçador abrutizant иссушающий душу únavný, nudný duhamoren dosadan själsdödande ที่น่าเบื่อหน่ายอย่างที่สุด çok sıkıcı 令人厭煩的 набридливий, нудний بے کیف، سپاٹ chán ngắt, nhàm 令人厌烦的
soul music
a type of music, descended from American Negro gospel songs, which has great emotion. soulmusiek موسيقى روحانِيَّه соул музика soul soulmusik; soul der Soul μουσική σόουλ música soul soul(muusika) موسيقي حزن انگيز soul musique soul מוִּזיקָת נְשָמָה भावावेशपूर्ण संगीत crnačka soul glazba spirituálé musik soul sól-tónlist musica soul ソウルミュージック (흑인의) 솔 음악 dvasingoji (negrų) muzika soula mūzika muzik soul soul soulmusikk, svart musikk muzyka soulowa música soul musică soul музыка соул soul soul soul muzika soulmusik ดนตรีแนวป๊อบ zenci müziği 靈魂樂 музика в стилі “соул” امریکی سیاہ فام لوگوں کا رائج کردہ طرز موسیقی nhạc soul 灵魂音乐
soul → نَفْس duše sjæl Seele ψυχή alma sielu âme duša anima 魂 영혼 ziel sjel dusza alma душа själ วิญญาณ ruh linh hồn 灵魂
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