sinny

comparative sinnier · comparative more sinny · superlative sinniest · superlative most sinny

1. humorousinformalrareCharacterised by or characteristic of sin; sinful; guilty of sin; wicked.

   "That was a sinny-sin-sin! [...]

   1974, Gerald G. Griffin, The silent misery: why marriages fail

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   [...] kick against Olive Oil Trust, they almost went to jail for their crimes, so they hurry around to Judge Landis face and was comforted to know that taking rebates from Harriman was sinnier than taking silverware from a Soldiers' Home.

   1909, Wallace Irwin, Letters of a Japanese schoolboy ("Hashimura Togo")

   So, should I return to that childhood state When my life was not very sinny? No, I lived a Catholic hell back then, Where living was devoid of the fun kind of sin, And though I'll be sent to the all-faith Hell, In the mean time, [...]

   2007, D. B. Clark, The Curse of Humorous Verse

   I confess to quickly scanning the papal list, looking for the sin of homosexuality. It was not there! Maybe it is understood. It was like being dropped from the big annual Papal Magazine "Sinniest Sins Alive" special double issue.

   2009, Kate Clinton, I Told You So

   [...] of all of the sins that are drummed into the brains of the Uptight Sin-filled Abstainers, the sin of oral sex may be the sinniest (a wonderful new word).

   2010, Washington Weaver, The Alliterating Philosopher: Philosophy Can Be Phun

   Still and tall he stands with such grace for such a man as he. I love his collar and his hair – a lion and his mane, did I dare tell – sinny, sinny, sin, sin, sin, sin, sin, sin,” (this was a peppy song in my head).

   2011, Ann Palmer, Ann of 1,000 Lives: Author Ann Palmer Relives Her Own Past Lives