sinful

sinful
adjective
sündig; (reprehensible) sündhaft

it is sinful to ... — es ist eine Sünde, ... zu ...

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adjective (wicked.) sündhaft
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sin·ful
[ˈsɪnfəl]
adj
1. (immoral) sündig, sündhaft
is it \sinful to want what other people have? ist es eine Sünde, das zu wollen, was andere besitzen?
\sinful thoughts sündhafte Gedanken
2. (deplorable) sündhaft
a \sinful waste of money eine schreckliche Geldverschwendung
3. (fam: bad for one)
to be absolutely \sinful die reinste Sünde sein hum iron
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['sInfUl]
adj
sündig; person, act, thought also sündhaft (geh); waste sündhaft (geh)

it is sinful to ... — es ist eine Sünde, zu ...

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sinful [ˈsınfʊl] adj (adv sinfully) sündig, sündhaft
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adjective
sündig; (reprehensible) sündhaft

it is sinful to ... — es ist eine Sünde, ... zu ...

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adj.
sündhaft adj.

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