sinful

«sinful» in Mova's school dictionary: Wrong according to God's law or religious teaching; full… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (sinful)

meaning for a pupil

1) (church) Wrong according to God's law or religious teaching; full of sin. tree →

2) (informal, humorous) Very naughty or too much: «a sinfully rich chocolate cake». tree →

sense in the lessons

In church and Bible lessons: Christians believe all people are sinful and need forgiveness; confession and repentance follow. In everyday jokes: «sinful desserts». Phrases: «sinful behaviour», «sinfully delicious».

examples

• Christians believe that people are sinful and need God's forgiveness. tree →
• The priest spoke about sinful thoughts. tree →
• That chocolate cake is sinfully rich! tree →
• The story showed how sinful greed can be. tree →
• She felt sinful eating three doughnuts. tree →
• In the Bible, people turned away from sinful ways. tree →
• "What are you doing, you children?" cried the gentle lady; "that is sinful!" tree →

note

From «sin» + «-ful». Adverb «sinfully». The humorous sense is light-hearted and not about religion.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sinful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.