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Antonyms for sinfulness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sin-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪn fəl



Definition of sinfulness

Origin :
  • Old English synnfull "full of sin, wicked, unholy, contrary to the laws of God;" see sin (n.) + -ful. Weakened sense of "contrary to propriety or decency" is from 1863. Related: Sinfully; sinfulness.
  • As in iniquity : noun sin, evil
  • As in irreverence : noun disrespect
  • As in sin : noun illegal or immoral action
  • As in turpitude : noun depravity
  • As in wrong : noun offense, sin
  • As in original sin : noun innate corruption
  • As in evildoing : noun transgression
  • As in immorality : noun corruption
  • As in improbity : noun corruption
  • As in peccancy : noun evil
  • As in corruption : noun baseness
  • As in depravity : noun corruption, immorality
  • As in evil : noun badness, immorality; disaster
  • As in guilt : noun blame; bad conscience over responsibility
  • As in harm : noun injury, evil
Example sentences :
  • In my sinfulness I merit bitter disappointment, and I accept it.'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • He remained alive, and blessed are those who live, if it is only to a sense of sinfulness.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • He was full of an overwhelming sense of his own wretchedness and sinfulness.
  • Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude
  • They were a special plague sent by God for their sinfulness.'
  • Extract from : « The War in South Africa » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Its sinfulness will be shown by the contrast with the Christ-life.
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
  • His love and power are more than thy slowness and sinfulness.
  • Extract from : « Holy in Christ » by Andrew Murray
  • How, then, is he to blame mankind for inheriting "sinfulness" from their first parents?
  • Extract from : « Elsie Venner » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • They were never quite settled on the point of the sinfulness of the pleasure.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Boston » by Amanda Millie Douglas
  • There are follies that are to be laughed out of their silliness and sinfulness.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly , Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 » by Various
  • Ah, Mr. Dale, when one thinks of the sinfulness there is in this life!
  • Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for sinfulness

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