soul-searching

Converse of object

• do: Jannick Top: Human barbarism reached a new low in Hiroshima, which forced people to do some soul-searching.
• prompt: The biannual fashion fest has prompted the usual soul-searching about Britain's place in haute couture.

Adjective modifier

• serious: Now this in itself may give rise to some serious academic soul-searching.
• much: The magazine lost as much as £ 15m during its short lifetime, leading to much internal soul-searching.
• intense: During a period of intense soul-searching I can say, for the first time, that I truly WANT to give up gambling.
• considerable: After considerable soul-searching, they found they had done many things wrong during their life and had time to put them right.
• internal: The magazine lost as much as £ 15m during its short lifetime, leading to much internal soul-searching.

Modifies a noun

• question: Fortunately, or unfortunately, we have no soul-searching questions to ask of you, except that your journey continue.
• journey: You can go on soul-searching journeys or soul-destroying mountain hikes!

Modifying Another Word

• much: There followed much soul-searching on whether a one-eyed kite could survive in the wild.