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soul-searched

soul-searched is the simple past and past participle of soul-search.

Meaning of soul-search

Verb

soul-search (third-person singular simple present soul-searches, present participle soul-searching, simple past and past participle soul-searched)

  1. To engage in deep and critical self-examination.
    • These are the times when you should take a deep breath and deeply soul-search your own actions to see whether you could have done anything at all that would have increased your tip.2006, Peter Stokes, How's Everything?

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Questions about soul-searched

What is soul-searched the simple past and past participle of?
Soul-searched is the simple past and past participle of soul-search.

Words near soul-searched in the dictionary

  1. soul-foods
  2. soul-love
  3. soul-rending
  4. soul-rendingly
  5. soul-search
  6. soul-searched
  7. soul-searcher
  8. soul-searches
  9. soul-searching
  10. soul-searchings
  11. soul-shaking

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