soul-searching
English
/ˈsəʊlsəːtʃɪŋ/, /ˈsoʊlˌsəɹtʃɪŋ/
adj
Definitions
- Involving probing introspection, or a critical consideration of one's conscience, especially motives and values.
Etymology
Compound from English soul + English searching.
Origin
English
searching
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besoul English
- cybersoul English
- desoul English
- ensoul English
- handsearching English
- heartsearching English
- insoul English
- job searching English
- neo-soul English
- oversoul English
- searching English
- searchingly English
- searchingness English
- soul English
- soul-ale English
- soulbond English
- soulboy English
- soulcraft English
- souled English
- souler English
- soulful English
- soulish English
- soulless English
- soullike English
- soulmark English
- soulmate English
- soulscape English
- soulscot English
- soulsick English
- soulster English
- soulwinner English
- soulwinning English
- sowkin English
- unsoul English
- soul Finnish
- Soul German
- soul Hungarian
- soul Italian
- со́ул Russian
- soul Spanish, Castilian
- soul Portuguese
- ソウル Japanese
- soul Polish
- sāwol Old English
- soule Middle English
- soula Esperanto
- soulo Esperanto
- սոուլ Armenian
- soul
- souled
- ensoul
- unsoul
- besoul
- insoul
- sowkin
- desoul
- souler
- soulful
- soulish
- soulboy
- soulscot
- soulsick
- soulless
- soulster
- soullike
- soul-ale
- oversoul
- soulmark
- soulmate
- neo-soul
- soulbond
- cybersoul
- soulscape
- searching
- soulcraft
- soulwinner
- soulwinning
- searchingly
- handsearching
- searchingness
- job searching
- heartsearching