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sin-ridden

sin-ridden adjective: dominated or plagued by sin.

Adjective

sin-ridden (comparative more sin-ridden, superlative most sin-ridden)

  1. Dominated or plagued by sin.
    • In the camp at the bend of the river, with its dozen saloons aglare,
      Its gambling dens ariot, its gramophones all ablare;
      Crimped with the crimes of a city, sin-ridden and bridled with lies,
      In the hush of my mountained vastness, in the flush of my midnight skies.1907, Robert W. Service, “The Law of the Yukon”, in Songs of a Sourdough, Toronto: William Briggs, page 8
    • The dramatist tunes his plays to suit his moods. If in his tragic mood Shakespeare had staged a sin-ridden world, in his new mood he was rather to stage a world in which sin looked like an intruder.1953, K. J. Spalding, chapter 4, in The Philosophy of Shakespeare, Oxford: George Ronald, page 171

Forms of sin-ridden

comparativemore sin-ridden
superlativemost sin-ridden

Origin of sin-ridden

From sin + ridden.

Questions about sin-ridden

What does sin-ridden mean?
Sin-ridden means dominated or plagued by sin.
What part of speech is sin-ridden?
Sin-ridden is an adjective.

Words near sin-ridden in the dictionary

  1. sin-binnings
  2. sin-bins
  3. sin-eater
  4. sin-eaters
  5. sin-free
  6. sin-ridden
  7. sin-taxed
  8. Sina
  9. Sinabaan
  10. sinabaff
  11. sinabaffs

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