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soul-sucking

soul-sucking adjective: depressingly tedious.

Adjective

soul-sucking (comparative more soul-sucking, superlative most soul-sucking)

  1. (derogatory, informal) Depressingly tedious.
    • the soul-sucking banality of reality television

Forms of soul-sucking

comparativemore soul-sucking
superlativemost soul-sucking

Questions about soul-sucking

What does soul-sucking mean?
Soul-sucking means depressingly tedious.
What part of speech is soul-sucking?
Soul-sucking is an adjective.

Words near soul-sucking in the dictionary

  1. soul-searches
  2. soul-searching
  3. soul-searchings
  4. soul-shaking
  5. soul-sick
  6. soul-sucking
  7. soulache
  8. soulaches
  9. Soulagean
  10. Soulard
  11. Soulards

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