“sinned” is a form of
sin
/ˈsɪn/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms sins sinning sinned sinne synne seen
- noun (theology) A violation of divine will or religious law. “As a Christian, I think this is a sin against God.”
- noun Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
- noun A misdeed or wrong.
- noun A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
- noun An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
- noun A flaw or mistake. “No movie is without sin.”
- noun (sports) sin bin
- verb (intransitive, theology) To commit a sin.
- noun A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
- noun A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س
- proper noun (Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian mythology) The god of the moon.
- proper noun A surname from Chinese.
- proper noun A desert mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, situated between Elim and Mount Sinai.
- proper noun A surname from Korean.
Synonyms
adharma ithm haram baseness degeneracy turpitude corruption defilement degradation depravation depravedness depravity impurity iniquity lewdity malignity misdoing misguilt obliquity peccability sinfulness wickedness sinning sine hell transgress trespass drop the ball blunder boob
Etymology
From Middle English sinne, synne, sunne, zen, from Old English synn (“sin”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, excuse”) and *sundī, *sundijō (“sin”), from , from *h₁sónts ("being, true", implying a verdict of "truly guilty" against an accusation or charge), from *h₁es- (“to be”); compare Old English sōþ ("true"; see sooth). Doublet of suttee.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sände, Säände (“sin”), West Frisian sûnde (“sin”), German Sünde (“sin”), Luxembourgish Sënd, Sënn (“sin”), Vilamovian zynd (“sin”) Yiddish זינד (zind, “sin”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish synd (“sin”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Latin sont-, sons (“sinful, guilty, criminal”).
Modification of shin.
Transliteration of Akkadian 𒀭𒂗𒍪 (Sîn).
From Cantonese 單 /单 (sin6) or 冼 (sin2).
Webster’s 1913
- adverb Old form of Since. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.]
- noun Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission.
- noun An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners.
- verb To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; --often followed by against.
Etymology [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS. sundia, OHG. sunta, G. sünde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L. sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is. Cf. Authentic, Sooth.]
Etymology [OE. sinnen, singen, sinegen, AS. syngian. See Sin, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “sin”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details