sinful
Adjective Satellite
- characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin
- "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"
- having committed unrighteous acts
- "a sinful person"
- far more than usual or expected
Adj
- Having sinned; guilty of sin.
- Constituting a sin; morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil.
- decadent (luxuriously self-indulgent)
Adjective
- Characterized by or involving sin; wicked or immoral.
Examples
- Leaving an open triple-word score for his opponent felt almost sinful in Scrabble.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
extraordinary, iniquitous, over-the-top, ungodly, unholy, wicked, Babylonian, abandoned, arrant, bad, bad apple, bad seed, baleful, baneful, base, dark, decadent, deleterious, depraved, despicable, detrimental, devilish, diabolical, epicureal, epicurean, epicureous, epicurish, evil, flagitious, harmful, hedonic, hedonistic, ill-intentioned, ill-natured, immoral, incorrigible, iniquous, injurious, intemperate, knavish, lotus-eating, luxurious, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, nefarious, niddering, nidering, niding, nithing, no-good, peccaminous, pernicious, reprehensible, reprobate, satanic, scathful, self-indulgent, sensualistic, sinful, sinister, sinny, sordid, sullen, sybarite, sybaritic, sybaritical, vicious, vile, villainous, voluptuarian, voluptuary, wrong
Scrabble Score: 9
sinful: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsinful: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sinful: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary