English Explanatory Dictionary

sinful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having sinned; guilty of sin.
  2. Constituting a sin; morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil.
  3. decadent (luxuriously self-indulgent)

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪnfl̩/ [ˈsɪnfl̩] en-us-sinful.ogg

Word forms

sinful more sinful sinfuller most sinful sinfullest

Etymology

From Middle English synful, senful, sunful, from Old English synful (“sinful, guilty, wicked, corrupt”), equivalent to sin + -ful. Compare Dutch zondevol (“sinful”), German sündevoll (“sinful”), Danish syndefuld (“sinful”), Swedish syndfull (“sinful”), Icelandic syndfullur (“sinful”).

Synonyms

sinny peccant diabolical unholy abandoned arrant bad bad apple bad seed baleful scurrilous baneful base black-hearted dark deleterious demonic depraved despicable detrimental devilish evil evil-minded facinorous flagitious harmful heinous ill-intentioned ill-natured immoral incorrigible iniquitous iniquous injurious knavish malefic maleficent malevolent malicious malign malignant naughty nefarious niddering nidering niding nithing no-good peccaminous pernicious reprehensible reprobate satanic scathful sinful sinister sordid sullen ungodly vicious

Antonyms

sinless unsullied righteous

Derived words

sinfully sinfulness unsinful
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