sinful
Against divine law
Sinful means wicked or morally wrong according to religious or ethical standards—violating divine law or deeply held principles.
A sinful act, sinful thoughts, sinful desires.
The word carries religious weight but extends to secular contexts for emphasis or humor: a sinful amount of chocolate, sinfully delicious.
To call something sinful implies not just wrongness but transgression against a higher standard.
Contrary to ethical principles
- unethicalViolating moral standards
- wrongdoingUnethical or illegal action
- wickedEvil or slang-excellent
- evilProfound moral wickedness
iniquity · depravity · vice · corruption · dishonesty · misconduct · nefarious · unscrupulous
Violation of law or code
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- impietyIrreverence toward the divine
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
damnation · hellfire · perdition · purgatory · confession · penance · repentance · atonement
Not allowed
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- temptingArousing desire or interest
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
enticement · lure · irresistible · desire · craving · longing · yearning · appetite
Satisfaction from one's achievements
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- envyResentful longing for another's
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
wrath · sloth · avarice · covetousness · lechery · vanity · idleness · intemperance
Self-indulgent, often corruptly
- indulgentToo willing to yield
- luxuriousMarked by costly elegance
- opulentOstentatiously wealthy
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
hedonistic · gluttonous · sumptuous · lavish · rich · excessive · overindulgent · self-indulgent
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- extortionObtaining through threats
- graftIllicit political gain
nepotism · cronyism · malfeasance · profiteering · racketeering · scandal · exploitation · collusion
immoral
Contrary to ethical principles
- unethicalViolating moral standards
- wrongdoingUnethical or illegal action
- wickedEvil or slang-excellent
evil · iniquity · depravity · vice · corruption · dishonesty · misconduct · nefarious · unscrupulous · reprehensible
transgression
Violation of law or code
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- impietyIrreverence toward the divine
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
sacrilege · damnation · hellfire · perdition · purgatory · confession · penance · repentance · atonement · absolution
forbidden
Not allowed
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- temptingArousing desire or interest
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
seduction · enticement · lure · irresistible · desire · craving · longing · yearning · appetite · indulgence
pride
Satisfaction from one's achievements
gluttony · wrath · sloth · avarice · covetousness · lechery · vanity · idleness · intemperance · excess
decadent
Self-indulgent, often corruptly
extravagant · hedonistic · gluttonous · sumptuous · lavish · rich · excessive · overindulgent · self-indulgent · pleasure
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- extortionObtaining through threats
graft · nepotism · cronyism · malfeasance · profiteering · racketeering · scandal · exploitation · collusion · kickback
- moralitymoral, moral values, immoral, moral principles, moral code
- moral judgmentsgood, evil, wicked, virtuous, moral
- wickedevil, wicked, villainous, malicious, sinister
- sinsgreed, lust, gluttony, sloth, coveting
- unacceptableunacceptable, inappropriate, improper, wrong, forbidden
- Hellhellfire, brimstone, lake of fire, eternal fire, perdition
sinfulpure
Unmixed, without impurities
sinless · immaculate · innocent · unblemished · spotless
- sinful natureInherent human inclination toward wrongdoing
- sinful indulgence