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sinner

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sinner.

Editorial note

Don't wait until the sinner is famous and rich...

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A person who sins or has sinned.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sinner gathered in one view.

noun

A person who sins or has sinned.

noun

A person who, by one particular action, has sinned.

noun

One who lives a hedonist life; a self-indulgent person.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sinner.

noun

A person who sins or has sinned.

noun

A person who, by one particular action, has sinned.

noun

One who lives a hedonist life; a self-indulgent person.

noun

A surname.

Example sentences

1

Don't wait until the sinner is famous and rich...

2

This is not even punishing the sinner, who are not your everyday public workers but likely some lobbying corp.

3

Kings fall down as dead as peasants, and the dirt nap of a saint lasts as long as a sinner.

4

God, limit these punishments, there’s still Judgment Day— I’m a mere sinner, I’m no infidel tonight.

5

But if you're doing the commute anyway (you sinner)...

6

You're a sinner just for having been born white.

7

I'll take a sinner turned saint over continued arrogance any day.

8

I guess you could reach and say that God hates sinners and homosexuals are committing a sin, but that's pretty silly at least in Christianity everyone is a sinner.

9

It's like being accused of being a sinner or having bugs in your code (not to trivialize racism): Of course I do; the question, is what do I do about it.

10

I remember Christian teachers telling me long ago that I must hate a bad man's actions but not hate the bad man: or, as they would say, hate the sin but not the sinner.

11

If I were to apply that chapter to this situation, I think it would more be about Eich, a sinner like the rest of us, not using a court to punish people he things have transgressed his god's law.

12

You are acting like someone convinced you that you are a terrible sinner, that you are doing something very wrong, and that you need to sacrifice this and that, whatever, until you are no longer doing something wrong, etc.

Quote examples

1

As he said: "I am not a saint, unless by a saint you mean a sinner who keeps on trying".

2

But you might call me a sinner and a liar and say that Drawer 3 is "2".

3

No actually it means, "The Sinner Family".

4

Being wrong doesn't make you reprehensible, it just makes you wrong - to borrow from judeo-chrisian ideology "Hate the sin, not the sinner".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sinner in a sentence?

Don't wait until the sinner is famous and rich...

What does sinner mean?

A person who sins or has sinned.

What part of speech is sinner?

sinner is commonly used as noun.