sinner
Syllables: sin·nerUK/ˈsɪnəː//ˈsɪnɚ/
sinner noun: a person who, by one particular action, has sinned.
Noun
sinner (plural sinners)
- A person who, by one particular action, has sinned.
- Some Christians believe the Bible tells us that homosexuals are sinners. The current trend of increased acceptance of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community is distressing to these Christians who sincerely want to follow the Bible.2016, Janet Edmonds, The Bible Doesn’t Say That Homosexuality is a Sin
- An unregenerate person.
- A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things.
- One who lives a hedonist life; a self-indulgent person.
- Are you a sinner or a saint?
- One who lives a hedonist life; a self-indulgent person.
Proper noun capitalized: Sinner
Sinner (plural Sinners)
- A surname.
sinner meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sinner in Hindi
- person who has sinned
- पापी pāpī, विधर्मी vidharmī, अधर्मी adharmī, दुराचारी durācārī, गुनहगार gunahgār
sinner in Tamil
- பாவி, பாவம் செய்பவர், பாவம் செய்பவன்
sinner in Marathi
- person who has sinned
- पापी pāpī, पापकर्मी pāpkarmī
sinner in Urdu
- person who has sinned
- گُناہ گار gunāh gār, پاپی pāpī, عاصی 'āsī
More languagesFewer languages
- sinner in Bengali
- পাপী papi
- sinner in Telugu
- దోషకారి dōṣakāri
- sinner in Malayalam
- പാപി, അധർമ്മി, പാപകർമാവ്, പാതകി
- sinner in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪುಕ, ಕೊನ್ನ
- sinner in Punjabi
- ਪਾਪ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ
- sinner in Gujarati
- પાપ કરનાર
- sinner in Nepali
- पापी
- sinner in Pashto
- ګنهګار gwǝnahgār, پاپي pāpi, عاصي 'āsi
- sinner in Tagalog
- makasalanan
- sinner in Arabic
- خَاطِئ ḵāṭiʔ, خَاطِئَة ḵāṭiʔa, آثِم ʔāṯim, آثِمَة ʔāṯima
- sinner in Malay
- orang berdosa
- sinner in Thai
- คนบาป kon-bàap
- sinner in Vietnamese
- tội nhân, người có tội, người phạm tội
Examples of sinner in a sentence
- Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
- Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of death. Amen.
- We are all sinners in God's eyes, but we are also redeemable in His eyes.
Synonyms of sinner
Forms of sinner
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sinners |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Sinners |
Origin of sinner
From Middle English synnere, equivalent to sin + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Säänder (“sinner”), West Frisian sûnder (“sinner”), Dutch zondaar (“sinner”), German Low German Sünder, Sünner (“sinner”), German Sünder (“sinner”), Danish synder (“sinner”), Swedish syndare (“sinner”), Icelandic syndari (“sinner”).
Words formed from sinner
Phrases with sinner
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Questions about sinner
- What does sinner mean?
- Sinner means a person who, by one particular action, has sinned.
- What is sinner in Hindi?
- Sinner in Hindi is पापी (pāpī), विधर्मी (vidharmī), अधर्मी (adharmī). See Sinner meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sinner?
- Sinner can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sinner?
- Sinner is pronounced /ˈsɪnəː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sinner?
- The plural of sinner is sinners.
Words near sinner in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sinner (page history and authors); Sinner (page history and authors); sinner (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sinner (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sinner (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sinner (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sinner (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sinner (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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