Sinful \Sin"ful\, a. [AAS. synfull.] Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. --Piers Plowman. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. --Isa. i. 4. -- {Sin"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Sin"ful*ness}, n.