单词 | sinful |
释义 | sinfuladj.n. 1. a. Of persons, etc.: Full of sin; wicked, corrupt. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > [adjective] sinfulc825 sinnyc950 plightfula1400 sin-soiled1593 peccant1604 sin-sick1609 piacular1610 sinning1610 peccable1633 Adamical1642 piaculary1646 piaculous1646 peccaminous1656 c825 [see sense 1b]. c825 [see sense 1c]. c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke v. 8 Geong from me, forðon monn synnfull Am. 971 Blickl. Hom. 43 Þa lareowas sceolan synnfullum mannum eadmodlice tæcan. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 149 Þis is alle sunfulle monne leddre. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 12048 Nohht ne wære he þanne godd Acc sinnfull mann. & wrecche. c1250 Kent. Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. Se leprus signefieþ þo senuulle men. 1399 J. Gower In Praise of Peace 45 This sinful world was al paiene tho. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9050 Es nan sinfuller þan i. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xv. 70 Þai call vs synfull and wikked. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 78/1 Cynfulle,..peccosus. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 136 We synfull folk sulde be more deligent. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. viii. 3 In the similitude of synfull flesshe. a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) i. iv They that sinne in sinfull breast do cherish. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iv. 5 To execute his justice upon the sinful World. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 162 His weakness shall o'recome Satanic strength.., and mass of sinful flesh. View more context for this quotation 1781 W. Cowper Truth 383 What is man? Sinful and weak, in ev'ry sense a wretch. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. ii. 22 You will not find it in this sinful world. b. absol. in plural (with or without the). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > [noun] > person sinfulc825 sinnerc1325 peccant1621 subject1801 evil-liver1846 c825 Vesp. Psalter ix. 18 Bioð gecerde ða synfullan in helle. c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark ii. 16 He æt..mið synnfullum & bærsynnigum. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 95 He nalde mid his to-cume þa sunfullen fordemen. a1240 Lofsong in Old Eng. Hom. I. 209 Þuruh al þet ðu tawhtest and þoledest for sunfule in eorðe. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 22 Synful aren solaced & saued bi þat name. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 104 Scho..rayses þe sinful quen þai fall. a1625 J. Fletcher Wife for Moneth iv. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhhhh4/1 Shame attend the sinfull, I know my innocence. c. absol. in plural †Also with a, a sinful person. ΚΠ c825 Vesp. Psalter cxxxix. 4 Hald mec, dryhten, of honda synfulles. 971 Blickl. Hom. 61 Þonne se synnfulla..his lif geendaþ. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 85 Þe prost þet scal among cristene monkun þene sunfulle of sunne clensen. c1275 On Serving Christ 25 in Old Eng. Misc. Þer is þe sunfulle vnsofte to beon Hwer he not no wey fyr for to fleon. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 90 To wende þane zenuolle and connynge an speches. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13978 A seli sinful was sco þis. c1400 Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 317 Christ suffered a sinful to kisse his fete. 2. a. Of acts, etc.: Involving sin; characterized or marked by sin. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sinfulness > [adjective] > of action sinfulc1175 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > transgressing or offending > of the nature of a fault or offence sinfulc1175 faulty1548 slanderous1554 offensible1575 offenciousa1593 piacular1610 peccable1633 piaculous1646 transgressive1646 piacularly1818 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4182 Fra sinnfull word. & werrc. Fra sinnfull þohht. & wille. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8357 Help hom & vorȝif hom þulke sunuol dede. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xvii. 49 Þai ere eldid, þat is in þaire ald synful lyf. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 365 For certein Somme of gold [they] acorden That thilke horrible sinfull dede Assoiled was. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Wisd. iii. 13 Blessed is..ye baren & vndefyled, which hath not knowne the synfull bedd. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Pref. It is..ane synfull & ane damnabil thing. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets ciii. sig. G2v Were it not sinfull then striuing to mend, To marre the subiect that before was well. View more context for this quotation 1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 160 Notwithstanding all Davids Piety and integrity he was overtaken with many sinfull failings. 1742 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Hymns & Sacred Poems ii. 261 Purge me from every sinful Blot,..Cleanse me from Every Evil Thought. 1835 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1837) I. iii. 42 Like that bad prophet at Bethel..while he sat at his sinful meat. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 50 But many sinful things were highly agreeable to her. b. Highly reprehensible. Also, as a strong intensive: excessive in manner or extent; ‘dreadful’, ‘wicked’. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] litherc893 unledeeOE evil971 missOE murkOE unrighteousOE unseelyOE un-i-seliOE unselec1050 wickc1175 foul-itowenc1225 unwrast?c1225 un-i-felec1275 wickedc1275 wrakefula1350 felonousc1374 unquertc1390 unperfect1395 felona1400 wanc1440 meschant?c1450 sinnyc1475 unselc1480 poison?1527 pernicious?1533 scelerous1534 viperous?1548 improbate1596 scelestious1609 scelestic1628 spider-like1655 dark-hearted1656 demonic1796 nineteda1798 sinful1863 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme > specifically of something bad or reprobated woefula1400 mortalc1425 preciousc1475 fine1559 trim1569 gay1581 unconscionable1590 pocky1601 abominable1612 fearful1634 handsome1638 plaguey1694 dreadful1700 awfy1724 murrain1728 diabolical1750 deuced1782 dire1836 sinful1863 sodding1881 blooming1882 flaming1895 ruddy1896 abysmal1904 awful1916 hellishing1927 right1958 steaming1962 schwag1993 1863 T. G. Shaw Wine 33 He considered it ‘sinful’ to expend 10/6 on a bottle of any wine. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad ix They take with them a quantity of food, and when the commissary department fails, they ‘skirmish’, as Jack terms it, in his sinful, slangy way. 1880 J. C. Harris Uncle Remus: Songs & Sayings xxviii. 122 De way he stir up dem bees wuz sinful. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress ii. 35 The money that boy makes is sinful. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > [noun] > condition sinfulheada1325 sinfulness1530 sin-sickness1633 peccancy1656 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 180 Wilde der... pine man wid sorwe and dred, And don him [MS. hem] monen his sinfulhed. a1400 St. Bernard 541 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 50 For I knowe my sunfolhede Boþe in word, þouȝt and dede. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.c825 |
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