sinful
/ˈsɪnfl̩/ adjective
Forms sinfuller sinfullest
- adjective Having sinned; guilty of sin.
- adjective Constituting a sin; morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil.
- adjective (colloquial) decadent (luxuriously self-indulgent)
Synonyms
sinny peccant diabolical unholy abandoned arrant bad bad apple bad seed baleful scurrilous baneful base black-hearted dark deleterious demonic depraved despicable detrimental iniquitous ungodly wicked extraordinary over-the-top
Antonyms
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”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. Piers Plowman.
Etymology [AAS. synfull.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “sinful”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details