Standard Lemma guide

soulless

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊl.ləs/
  • General-American: /ˈsoʊl.ləs/
  • General-American: [ˈsoʊɫ.ləs]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: soleless
  • homophone: sewless
  • CMU ARPABET: S OW1 L L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

As if without a soul; insensitive, unfeeling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English soulelez; equivalent to soul + -less. Compare Old English sāwollēas; the Middle English word likely is a re-formation.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: бездушен (bezdušen) — as if without a soul
  • Danish: sjælløs — as if without a soul
  • Dutch: zielloos — as if without a soul
  • Esperanto: senanima — as if without a soul
  • Finnish: sieluton — as if without a soul
  • German: seelenlos — as if without a soul
  • German: entseelt — as if without a soul
  • Hungarian: lelketlen — as if without a soul
  • Hungarian: lélektelen — as if without a soul
  • Korean: 영혼이없는 (yeonghonieomneun) — as if without a soul
  • Lithuanian: bedvasis — as if without a soul
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjelløs — as if without a soul
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjellaus — as if without a soul
  • Old English: sāwollēas — as if without a soul
  • Polish: bezduszny — as if without a soul
  • Portuguese: desalmado — as if without a soul
  • Russian: безду́шный (bezdúšnyj) — as if without a soul
  • Spanish: desalmado — as if without a soul
  • Spanish: desangelado — as if without a soul
  • Swedish: själlös — as if without a soul
  • Vietnamese: vô hồn — as if without a soul