soul-crushingly (C1)
adjective
Definition
soul-crushingly means demeaning, boring, disheartening. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.
Examples
The writer described the response as soul-crushingly.
A soul-crushingly tone can change the mood of a conversation.
The situation became soul-crushingly after the announcement.
How to Use soul-crushingly
- soul-crushingly + noun (collocation)
- Use soul-crushingly before a noun to describe that quality. — "The writer described a soul-crushingly reaction."
- become soul-crushingly (collocation)
- Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — "The discussion became soul-crushingly near the end."
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