soul-destroying
adjective
: causing a person to feel very unhappy or depressed
the soul-destroying confinement of city life
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The film also includes near doc sequences, such as of María’s soul-destroying work in a local orange packaging factory.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 22 July 2024
Often, of course, these machines are used, and the consequences are soul-destroying for the characters.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Those questions sound awful even by the standards of an already soul-destroying political season.
—Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2023
The horrors of Auschwitz are never shown on screen and are spoken of only as logistical problems to be managed — among other things, this is a film about the soul-destroying power of denial, compartmentalization and euphemism.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
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John Hopewell, Variety, 22 July 2024
Often, of course, these machines are used, and the consequences are soul-destroying for the characters.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Those questions sound awful even by the standards of an already soul-destroying political season.
—Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2023
The horrors of Auschwitz are never shown on screen and are spoken of only as logistical problems to be managed — among other things, this is a film about the soul-destroying power of denial, compartmentalization and euphemism.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
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“Soul-destroying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soul-destroying. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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