a lost soul

lost soul

1. A sinner, especially one who has been condemned to hell (as opposed to being granted eternal life in heaven). I worry that my granddaughter is a lost soul, since she's stopped going to church.
2. One who is sad, lonely, and/or aimless. Ever since his wife died, my brother just drifts through the town like a lost soul.
See also: lost, soul
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a lost soul

1 a soul that is damned. 2 a person who seems unable to cope with everyday life.
See also: lost, soul
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • lost soul
  • be hell on wheels
  • hell and high water
  • be hell on
  • be hell on (one)
  • what in hell
  • hell of a
  • hell of a (person or thing)
  • hell of a someone/something
  • a hell of a
References in periodicals archive
She was wandering about back stage like a lost soul. She was obviously nervous, but it didn't seem like it was just nerves."
3am: AMY SINGS DA BOOZE; LIVE AT THE BRIT AWARDS 2008
A Lost Soul: A Collection of Poems and Motivational Articles is an collection of rhyming verse poetry and inspirational brief essays such as "You Can Change the World" and "Repetition is Your Karmic Lesson".
A Lost Soul
There is a second technology for obtaining stem cells, one that has neither the problem of immune rejection in its future, nor -- in my opinion at any rate - the taint of a lost soul in its design.
Stem cells, therapeutic cloning, and the soul