sinful

[ sin-fuhl ]

/ ˈsɪn fəl /

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adjective

characterized by, guilty of, or full of sin; wicked: a sinful life.

Origin of sinful

before 900; Middle English; Old English synfull. See sin¹, -ful

SYNONYMS FOR sinful

iniquitous, depraved, evil, immoral, corrupt.

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OTHER WORDS FROM sinful

sin·ful·ly, adverb sin·ful·ness, noun un·sin·ful, adjective un·sin·ful·ly, adverb

un·sin·ful·ness, noun

Words nearby sinful

sinew, sinewy, sinfjotli, sinfonia, sinfonietta, sinful, sing, sing a different tune, sing along, sing for one's supper, sing out

Example sentences from the Web for sinful

Alcohol and sugar, even in moderate amounts, are not only sinful but poisonous.

How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze |Lizzie Crocker |January 9, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
And now, as a part of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, North Carolina is about to have the sinful practice foisted on it.

Who Are the Judicial Activists Now? |Michael Tomasky |October 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It is a festival of joy for being created this way after centuries of being told that we are sinful, loathsome, and disgusting.

June, The Month When Pride Isn’t a Sin |Gene Robinson |June 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“They say that drinking is haram,” or sinful under Islamic law.

With New Turkish Liquor Ban, Raki Goes Underground |Thomas Seibert |June 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The group takes its name from a phrase meaning “Western education is sinful.”

Up to Speed: What’s Happening to Nigeria’s Kidnapped Girls? |Nina Strochlic |May 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He has caused His voice to be heard in this dark and sinful world.

The Assembly of God |C. (Charles) H. (Henry) Mackintosh
Any unnecessary work or any recreation which hinders us from hearing and profiting by God's Word is sinful.

An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism |Joseph Stump
The leap of something within her and the stir of her being toward him must be sinful.

The Game |Jack London
Sorrow itself is not such an enemy to spiritual delights, as sensual, sinful pleasures are.

A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) |Richard Baxter
And are the sinful, the erring, received into peace and rest?

Dawn |Mrs. Harriet A. Adams

British Dictionary definitions for sinful

sinful

/ (ˈsɪnfʊl) /

adjective

having committed or tending to commit sin a sinful person

characterized by or being a sin a sinful act

Derived forms of sinful

sinfully, adverb sinfulness, noun

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