soul-destroying

"It's beginning to feel like the Wild West up here when it comes to sheep crime - it's soul-destroying," says farmer Colin Abel, scanning his flock high up on west Dartmoor farmland.

A mother has described her daughter's three-year wait for an autism assessment as "soul-destroying".

That was the most soul-destroying thing that had ever happened to me.

He said trade deals agreed since Brexit had created an "utterly soul-destroying" situation.

She added: "It's soul-destroying because as a family you feel like your kid's world doesn't matter."