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lost souls

lost souls is the plural of lost soul.

Meaning of lost soul

Noun

lost soul (plural lost souls)

  1. (set phrase) A soul that is destined to go to hell; a person possessing such a soul.
    • “Well, I won't repeat my offer of a wife—It is as bad as offering Satan a lost soul—[…]”1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter 11, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume I, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, page 253
  2. (broadly) One who is forlorn, who lacks direction, purpose, or motivation in life.
    • Of course she stopped paying her dues to the union. She lost all interest in the union[…]. She had about made up her mind that she was a lost soul.1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, chapter X, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    loser, sad sack

Questions about lost souls

What is lost souls the plural of?
Lost souls is the plural of lost soul.

Words near lost souls in the dictionary

  1. lost shark
  2. lost sharks
  3. lost sheep
  4. lost sight of
  5. lost soul
  6. lost souls
  7. lost the battle, but won the war
  8. lost the bell
  9. lost the bubble
  10. lost the dressing room
  11. lost the fang

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