"sinful" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɪnfəl/ Audio: en-us-sinful.ogg Forms: more sinful [comparative], most sinful [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪnfəl 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|synful}} Middle English synful, {{inh|en|ang|synful|t=sinful, guilty, wicked, corrupt}} Old English synful (“sinful, guilty, wicked, corrupt”), {{suffix|en|sin|ful|pos=adjective}} sin + -ful, {{cog|nl|zondevol|t=sinful}} Dutch zondevol (“sinful”), {{cog|de|sündevoll|t=sinful}} German sündevoll (“sinful”), {{cog|da|syndefuld|t=sinful}} Danish syndefuld (“sinful”), {{cog|sv|syndfull|t=sinful}} Swedish syndfull (“sinful”), {{cog|is|syndfullur|t=sinful}} Icelandic syndfullur (“sinful”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} sinful (comparative more sinful, superlative most sinful)
  1. Having sinned; guilty of sin.
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  2. Constituting a sin; morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil
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  3. (colloquial) decadent (luxuriously self-indulgent) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-sinful-en-adj-3kYkK9Pb Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 16 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sinfully, sinfulness, unsinful Translations (constituting sin): ἁμαρτωλός (hamartōlós) (Ancient Greek), ἀλιτρός (alitrós) (Ancient Greek), amãrtios (Aromanian), грэ́шны (hréšny) (Belarusian), грешен (grešen) (Bulgarian), греховен (grehoven) (Bulgarian), pecaminós (Catalan), hříšný (Czech), syndig (Danish), zondig (Dutch), peka (Esperanto), syntinen (Finnish), coupable (French), peccamineux (French), sündig (German), sündhaft (German), frevelhaft (German), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (frawaurhts) (Gothic), bűnös (Hungarian), syndugur (Icelandic), synnikäs (Ingrian), synniin (Ingrian), corrotto (Italian), peccaminoso (Italian), nefastus (Latin), sacrilegus (Latin), peccātus (Latin), whaihara (Maori), synful (Middle English), syndig (Norwegian), synfull (Old English), sindhauft (Plautdietsch), pecaminoso (Portuguese), păcătos (Romanian), гре́шный (gréšnyj) (Russian), hriešny (Slovak), pecaminoso (Spanish), syndig (Swedish), tränkossu (Tocharian B), זינדיק (zindik) (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'constituting sin': 40 48 11

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "păcătos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 48 11",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gréšnyj",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "гре́шный"
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    {
      "_dis1": "40 48 11",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "hriešny"
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    {
      "_dis1": "40 48 11",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "pecaminoso"
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    {
      "_dis1": "40 48 11",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "syndig"
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    {
      "_dis1": "40 48 11",
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "tränkossu"
    },
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      "_dis1": "40 48 11",
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "zindik",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "זינדיק"
    }
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}
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    {
      "word": "sinfully"
    },
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      "word": "sinfulness"
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      "word": "unsinful"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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        "t": "sinful, guilty, wicked, corrupt"
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        "2": "sin",
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      "args": {
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        "t": "sinful"
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "syndefuld",
        "t": "sinful"
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      "args": {
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        "1": "is",
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      "form": "more sinful",
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      "form": "most sinful",
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        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having sinned; guilty of sin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sinned",
          "sinned"
        ],
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          "guilty",
          "guilty"
        ],
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          "sin",
          "sin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sinless"
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      "glosses": [
        "Constituting a sin; morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sin",
          "sin"
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        [
          "morally",
          "morally"
        ],
        [
          "religiously",
          "religiously"
        ],
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          "wicked",
          "wicked"
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          "evil",
          "evil"
        ]
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        {
          "ref": "2018 April 10, Rachel Cohn, David Levithan, Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah, New York City: Random House, →ISBN:",
          "text": "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).",
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        [
          "decadent",
          "decadent"
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        "(colloquial) decadent (luxuriously self-indulgent)"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɪnfəl/"
    },
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    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "amãrtios"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hréšny",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "грэ́шны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "grešen",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "грешен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "grehoven",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "греховен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "pecaminós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "hříšný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "syndig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "zondig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "peka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "syntinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "coupable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "peccamineux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "sündig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "sündhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "frevelhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "frawaurhts",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hamartōlós",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "ἁμαρτωλός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "alitrós",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "ἀλιτρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "bűnös"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "syndugur"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "synnikäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "synniin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "corrotto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "peccaminoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "nefastus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "sacrilegus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "peccātus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "whaihara"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "synful"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "syndig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "synfull"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "sindhauft"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "pecaminoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "păcătos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gréšnyj",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "гре́шный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "hriešny"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "pecaminoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "syndig"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "tränkossu"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "zindik",
      "sense": "constituting sin",
      "word": "זינדיק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sinful"
}

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