Sinful

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sinful \Sin"ful\, a. [AAS. synfull.]
     Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal;
     unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. --Piers Plowman.
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           Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. --Isa.


                                                    i. 4.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Sin"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Sin"ful*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sinful
       adj 1: characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to
              be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful
              to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts" [syn: {iniquitous},
              {ungodly}]
       2: having committed unrighteous acts; "a sinful person" [syn: {unholy},
           {wicked}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  107 Moby Thesaurus words for "sinful":
     aberrant, abnormal, abominable, amiss, arrant, atrocious, bad,
     base, black, blamable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, corrupt,
     criminal, culpable, damnable, dark, delinquent, demonic, depraved,
     deviant, disgraceful, evil, evildoing, execrable, felonious,
     flagitious, flagrant, foul, godless, guilty, hardly the thing,
     heinous, ignominious, ill, illegal, immoral, impious, improper,
     inaccurate, inappropriate, inauspicious, incorrect, indecorous,
     inexpedient, infamous, inferior, iniquitous, invalid, irreligious,
     irreverent, knavish, low, malefactory, malevolent, malfeasant,
     monstrous, naughty, nefarious, not done, not the thing, off-base,
     off-color, out-of-line, peccant, profane, profligate, rank,
     reprehensible, reprobate, sacrilegious, scandalous, shameful,
     shameless, sinister, terrible, un-Christly, unangelic, unchristian,
     undue, unfavorable, unfit, unfitting, unforgivable, ungodly,
     unhealthy, unholy, unkind, unlawful, unpardonable, unpleasant,
     unrighteous, unsaintly, unseemly, unskillful, unspeakable,
     unsuitable, untoward, unworthy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked,
     wrong, wrongdoing, wrongful