sinful en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɪnfl̩/
- [ˈsɪnfl̩]
- (US) audio
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”).
Meanings
- Having sinned; guilty of sin.
- Constituting a sin; morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil.
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(colloquial) decadent (luxuriously self-indulgent)
I take a whiff of the most sincerely sinful cookies in the history of the world. It’s a recipe I saw in People magazine once at the dentist's office, and Dr. Segal would not approve of its ingredients (or maybe she would, in the interest of keeping her business afloat).
2018 April 10, Rachel Cohn, David Levithan, Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah, New York City: Random House, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most sinful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| sinfullest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| sinfuller | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| more sinful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
sinless · unsullied · sinless · righteous
Deriveds
sinfulness · unsinful · sinfully
Synonyms
baneful · black-hearted · sinful · pernicious · deleterious · niding · malignant · immoral · scurrilous · ill-intentioned · injurious · diabolical · bad · voluptuary · niddering · peccaminous · voluptuarian · vicious · depraved · reprobate · abandoned · malicious · arrant · facinorous · diabolical · malevolent · epicurean · evil · bad apple · vile · ungodly · despicable · epicurean · sensualistic · incorrigible · naughty · harmful · epicureal · sinister · epicureous · sybarite · sinny · sullen · hedonistic · sordid · malign · naughty · detrimental · unholy · maleficent · wrong · Babylonian · nithing · no-good · self-indulgent · sybaritic · sybaritic · lotus-eating · scathful · nidering · bad seed · evil-minded · unholy · sybaritical · iniquous · wicked · knavish · hedonic · ill-natured · base · intemperate · reprehensible · heinous · iniquitous · epicurish · villainous · luxurious · nefarious · baleful · demonic · decadent · devilish · malefic · peccant · dark · sinful · satanic · flagitious
Translations (40)
da syndig (constituting sin) · de frevelhaft (constituting sin) · rup amãrtios (constituting sin) · la peccātus (constituting sin) · sk hriešny (constituting sin) · de sündhaft (constituting sin) · bg греховен (constituting sin) · fr coupable (constituting sin) · bg грешен (constituting sin) · ro păcătos (constituting sin) · sv syndig (constituting sin) · be грэ́шны (constituting sin) · fr peccamineux (constituting sin) · la sacrilegus (constituting sin) · it corrotto (constituting sin) · enm synful (constituting sin) · pdt sindhauft (constituting sin) · fi syntinen (constituting sin) · ang synfull (constituting sin) · cs hříšný (constituting sin) · nl zondig (constituting sin) · got 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (constituting sin) · is syndugur (constituting sin) · izh synnikäs (constituting sin) · ru гре́шный (constituting sin) · yi זינדיק (constituting sin) · de sündig (constituting sin) · no syndig (constituting sin) · grc ἁμαρτωλός (constituting sin) · grc ἀλιτρός (constituting sin) · es pecaminoso (constituting sin) · mi whaihara (constituting sin) · la nefastus (constituting sin) · hu bűnös (constituting sin) · ca pecaminós (constituting sin) · izh synniin (constituting sin) · eo peka (constituting sin) · txb tränkossu (constituting sin) · pt pecaminoso (constituting sin) · it peccaminoso (constituting sin)