Meaning

4 senses
  1. A person who sins or has sinned.

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

    Sünder, Sünderin

    гре́шникgréšnik, гре́шницаgréšnica

    грі́шникhríšnyk, грі́шницяhríšnycja

    a person who sins (without repenting)

  2. An unregenerate person.

  3. (broadly, figuratively)A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things.

  4. A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things.

    (broadly, figuratively)One who lives a hedonist life; a self-indulgent person.

    Are you a sinner or a saint?

Examples

50 sentences
  1. We're all sinners.

    Ми всі грішні. — deniko

  2. No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.

  3. I'm a sinner, too.

    ruЯ тоже грешник. — marafon

  4. I'm a sinner.

  5. We are all sinners.

    Ми всі грішні. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From Middle English synnere, equivalent to sin + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Säänder (“

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”).

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Forms

plural: sinners
Singularsinner
Pluralsinners

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who sins (without repenting):evildoer

Word family

6 related words

See also

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