1. soul-destroying - Adjective
2. soul-destroying - Adjective Satellite
destructive to the spirit or soul
Source: WordNetsoul destroying
Anyone who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison. It is the people brought up in the gay intimacy of the slums who find prison so soul-destroying. Evelyn Waugh
There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honor shattered at your feet while soaring public reputation wraps you in rewards. That's soul-destroying. The other way around is merely very, very irritating. Lois McMaster Bujold
The number of people my age, younger now, a whole generation younger, who are fiercely bright, over-educated, under-employed and who are politicised and purposeless really upsets me. It's soul-destroying. Benedict Cumberbatch
I'm not much of a crier but it is mildly soul-destroying and exposing to do something physical that you are terrible at in front of other people. Emily Blunt
It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh. Vince Vaughn
There's too many actors in LA. I mean, I'll go out there from time to time, but I always find it pretty soul-destroying. I don't drive, and the people kind of rub me the wrong way. It's just not home. You know? It's not New York. It's not... my town. Michael Imperioli