sinful

English

Etymology

From Middle English sinful, synful, senful, sunful, from Old English synnful (“sinful, guilty, wicked, corrupt”), equivalent to sin +‎ -ful. Cognate with Dutch zondevol (“sinful”), German sündevoll (“sinful”), Danish syndefuld (“sinful”), Swedish syndfull (“sinful”), Icelandic syndfullur (“sinful”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sinful (comparative more sinful, superlative most sinful)

1. Full of sin; wicked; iniquitous; unholy.
2. Containing or consisting in sin; contrary to the will of a god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses.
3. Of or relating to sin; sinny.
4. Morally wrong.
5. Evil.

Translations

of or relating to sin

• Czech: hříšný (cs)
• Danish: syndig (da)
• Dutch: zondig (nl)
• Finnish: syntinen (fi)
• French: coupable (fr)
• German: sündig (de)

• Icelandic: syndugur (is)
• Norwegian: syndig (no)
• Russian: грешный (ru) (gréšnyj)
• Spanish: pecaminoso (es)
• Swedish: syndig (sv)
• Yiddish: זינדיק (yi) (zindik)

morally wrong

• Czech: hříšný (cs)
• Finnish: epämoraalinen (fi)

• Russian: грешный (ru) (gréšnyj)

evil — see evil

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• Portuguese: pecaminoso