sinful

3 definitions found

sinful - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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sinful - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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,
             sinful, ungodly]
      2: having committed unrighteous acts; "a sinful person" [syn:
         sinful, unholy, wicked]
      3: far more than usual or expected; "an extraordinary desire for
         approval"; "it was an over-the-top experience" [syn:
         extraordinary, over-the-top, sinful]

sinful - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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