Synonyms for sinful
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Iniquitous — constituting a sin; morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil
iniquitous, wicked, ungodly, immoral, depraved, unholy, evil, unrighteous, bad, vile, wrong, vicious, evil-minded, reprobate, impious, devilish, reprehensible, heinous, sinister, guilty, demonic, villainous
4. Extraordinary
Other
mesel dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having sinned; guilty of sin.
- adj. 2
Constituting a sin; morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil.
- adj. 3
decadent (luxuriously self-indulgent)
Related words
- Word family
- sinfully sinfulness
Choose the right word
Ingratitude is sinful, hypocrisy is wicked, but neither is punishable by human law; hence, neither is criminal or illegal.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- immoral Be immoral, cheat and steal. Such people live well.
- depraved Yanni is a depraved person with interests in minors.
- ungodly Do not judge the ungodly. Leave that to God himself.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sinful | rising | |
| immoral | steady | |
| depraved | rising | |
| ungodly | rising | |
| iniquitous | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- evil2, vile1
- 5 letters
- wrong1, sinny, mesel
- 6 letters
- guilty2, wicked2, unholy3
- 7 letters
- vicious2, immoral3, demonic3, heinous2, ungodly3, impious3, peccant
- 8 letters
- sinister3, depraved2, decadent3, devilish2
- 9 letters
- epicurean5, reprobate3, sybaritic
- 10 letters
- villainous3, iniquitous
- 11 letters
- unrighteous
- 13 letters
- extraordinary6, reprehensible5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- peccamineux
- Italiano
- peccaminoso
- Català
- pecaminós