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sinful(dictionary)

sinful (iou)



sinful adjective & noun. OE.
[from SIN noun1 + -FUL.]
A. adjective.
Of a person: committing a sin, esp. habitually; wicked. OE.
W. Cowper What is man? Sinful and weak,..a wretch.
Of an act, practice, etc.: involving or characterized by sin. ME.
Punch At a time when novels were thought of as practically sinful.
b. Highly reprehensible. Also, excessive in manner or extent. colloq. M19.
P. G. Wodehouse The money that boy makes is sinful.
b. absol. as noun.
Sinful people collectively. Usu. with the. OE.
A sinful person. OE-LME.
sinfully adverb ME.
sinfulness noun OE.