soul-destroying

1. 1.

   destructive to the spirit or soul

   “soul-destroying labor”

   Similardestructive

Questions about soul-destroying

What does soul-destroying mean?

soul-destroying means "destructive to the spirit or soul".

How many syllables are in soul-destroying?

soul-destroying has 3 syllables and divides as soul--de-stroying under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is soul-destroying a common word?

soul-destroying is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.