sinful
English
/ˈsɪnfəl/
adj
Definitions
- constituting a sin; being morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil
- (colloquial) decadent luxuriously self-indulgent
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sinful inherited from Old English synful (guilty, sinful, corrupt, wicked) suffix from English sin.
Origin
English
sin
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arcsin English
- outsin English
- sin English
- sin-ridden English
- sinfully English
- sinfulness English
- sinhound English
- sinless English
- sinlike English
- sinner English
- sinnest English
- sinneth English
- sinny English
- unsin English
- unsinful English
- unsinfully English
- unsinfulness English
- synful Old English
- synn Old English
- sinful Middle English
- sinne Middle English
- synfulnes Middle English