soul-sick
/ˈsəʊlsɪk/adjective
1In religious contexts: that has a sick soul; suffering from spiritual or moral ill health. Now rare.
2Chiefly literary. Sick at heart; suffering from spiritual unease or distress; deeply dejected or depressed.
3Of a quality, condition, time, etc.: characterized by spiritual dejection or malaise.
noun
With the and plural concord. Soul-sick people collectively.
Origin
Mid 16th century. From soul + sick.
- note-layer
- noteless
- notelet
- no-tell motel
- no-tel motel
- No. Ten
- notepad
- notepaper
- note-perfect
- noter
- note-row
- note-series
- note-shaver
- note-shaving
- notes inégales
- note-spinning
- note verbale
- noteworthiness
- noteworthy
- not exactly
- not for all the tea in China
- not for a minute
- not for a (or one) moment
- not forgetting ——
- not for lack (or want) of trying