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soulache

US/ˈsɔlˌeɪk/

soulache noun: a deep, foundational sense of despair, hopelessness, or anguish, often so extreme as to be debilitating to those afflicted by it.

Noun

soulache (usually uncountable, plural soulaches)

  1. (dated, poetic, usually) A deep, foundational sense of despair, hopelessness, or anguish, often so extreme as to be debilitating to those afflicted by it.
    • “Sure,” said Bridget; “and when you feel a soul-ache, it shows you've been doing wrong, and it hurts you; […]”1874, Helen Cross Knight, chapter IV, in Kitty King; or, Chapters for children, page 31
    • He, too, had a touch of soul-ache; but luckily it did not interfere with his carnal appetite.1911, William John Locke, The Glory of Clementina Wing, John Lane, page 139

Forms of soulache

pluralsoulaches
alternative formsoul-ache

Origin of soulache

By surface analysis, soul + ache.

Questions about soulache

What does soulache mean?
Soulache means a deep, foundational sense of despair, hopelessness, or anguish, often so extreme as to be debilitating to those afflicted by it.
What part of speech is soulache?
Soulache is a noun.
How do you pronounce soulache?
Soulache is pronounced /ˈsɔlˌeɪk/ (US).
What is the plural of soulache?
The plural of soulache is soulaches.

Words near soulache in the dictionary

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

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