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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SIN'FUL, a. [from sin.]
1. Tainted with sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as sinful men. Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity! Isaiah 1.
2. Containing sin, or consisting in sin; contrary to the laws of God; as sinful actions; sinful thoughts; sinful words.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: before 12th century 1. tainted with, marked by, or full of sin ; wicked 2. such as to make one feel guilty <a sinful chocolate cake> • sinfully adverb • sinfulness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of a person) committing sin, esp. habitually. 2 (of an act) involving or characterized by sin. Derivatives: sinfully adv. sinfulness n. Etymology: OE synfull (as SIN, -FUL)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sinful Sin"ful, a. [AAS. synfull.] Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. --Piers Plowman. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. --Isa. i. 4. -- Sin"ful*ly, adv. -- Sin"ful*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe someone or something as sinful, you mean that they are wicked or immoral. 'I am a sinful man,' he said. ADJ • sinfulness ...the sinfulness of apartheid.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Wicked, unrighteous, iniquitous, unholy, wrong, immoral, depraved, criminal, mischievous, bad.

Moby Thesaurus

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