soul-crushing en · ADJ
Meanings
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Extremely disheartening: that causes erosion of moral fortitude or that eliminates hope or motivation.
Oh, it was nothing compared to the immediate, soul-crushing loneliness I'd experienced when Baxter and I had split.
2013, Kristina Lloyd, Thrill Seeker, Black Lace, →ISBN:Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:disheartening
This litany of travails is soul-crushing.
Some came to get rich on their wits and intellect, others on their strength and brawn, toiling from dawn to dusk in soul-crushing labors.
2010, Gayle Soucek, Marshall Field's: The Store That Helped Build Chicago, The History Press, →ISBN, page 17:
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Extremely boring.
soul-crushing boredom
And for an introduction to politics course, zombies represent the threat posed by a textbook that is so chock full of soul-crushing boredom that it will smother the mind and rot the flesh right off of students' faces.
2012, Douglas A. Van Belle, A Novel Approach to Politics: Introducing Political Science through Books, Movies, and Popular Culture, SAGE, →ISBN:I can't sit through another lecture from this professor — his delivery is soul-crushing.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most soul-crushing | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more soul-crushing | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
despiriting · disappointing · disheartening · demoralizing · demotivating · discouraging · soul-destroying · dispiriting
Translations (2)
cmn 令人窒息的 (demeaning, boring) · fi musertava (demeaning, boring)