Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soul searching

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables: soul search-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of soul-searching.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Alternative spelling of soul-searching.

verb

present participle and gerund of soul search

Example Sentences

"While these questions are important and demand an intelligent response, don't allow the issues of the day to distract you from daily asking yourself the toughest, most soul searching questions of all:"
"He raised some very soul searching and gut wrenching questions in his commentary."
"It must have been very soul searching for you."

Usage

Inflected Forms

soul searchings (plural) more soul searching (comparative) most soul searching (superlative)

Questions

What does soul searching mean?: Alternative spelling of soul-searching.

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