soulache
/ˈsɔlˌeɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A deep, foundational sense of despair, hopelessness, or anguish, often so extreme as to be debilitating to those afflicted by it.
Dated; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "“Sure,” said Bridget; “and when you feel a soul-ache, it shows you've been doing wrong, and it hurts you; […]”"
- "He, too, had a touch of soul-ache; but luckily it did not interfere with his carnal appetite."
- "But soulache is different from heartache. Although it can also relate in relation to someone, there is a different preposition used to described soulache, ‘after.’"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɔlˌeɪk/