Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Sinful; wicked.

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  • adjective Characterised by or characteristic of sin; sinful; guilty of sin; wicked.

Etymologies

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From Middle English synny, from Old English synniġ ("guilty, punishable, criminal; sinful"), equivalent to sin +‎ -y. Cognate with Dutch zondig ("sinful"), German sündig ("sinful"), Swedish syndig ("sinful"), Icelandic syndugur ("sinful").

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Examples

  • And I had to put my over-gown and toofles on and walk down the corridor to the like sinny mesto.

    Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

  • Where I was wheeled to, brothers, was like no sinny I had ever viddied before.

    Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

  • The autos parked by the sinny weren't all that horrorshow, crappy starry veshches most of them, but there was a newish Durango 95 that I thought might do.

    Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

  • And then I was wheeled off exhausted to this like hell sinny as before.

    Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

  • Curtains had been drawn in front of the sinny screen and the frosted glass under the projection holes was no longer there, it having perhaps been pushed up or folded to the sides like blinds or shutters.

    Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

  • It was a very good like pro - fessional piece of sinny, and there were none of these flickers and blobs you get, say, when you viddy one of these dirty films in somebody's house in a back street.

    Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

  • I expected this morning that I would be ittying as usual to the sinny mesto in my pyjamas and toofles and over-gown.

    Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

  • Catmint, fpeffermint, sinny-mint, lemon balm (issa mint), catnip (a ment, 2), and mint, mint, mint….watch owt, dey grow lyke krazy and will tayke over yore garden lyke kudzu!

    Evil Pantry Kitteh Will Eat ur Soul - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • ANDERSON: It was just in September when Madrid, Spain, banned super - sinny models from its fashion show.

    CNN Transcript Oct 11, 2006 2006

  • I wanna lose weight without looking too sinny just like she did!

    The Velvet Hot Tub | Freshest Stories 2010

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