Talk:sinful

I can't decide whether it's equivalent to the first sense ("relating to sin"), but you often hear this colloquially used to describe something that is just mildly "naughty" &mdash; especially in giggly female reference to fattening foods &mdash; e.g. (2007, Susan Westmoreland, The Good Housekeeping Cookbook) "This exceptionally sinful chocolate dessert is easy to make, but it must be refrigerated for twenty-four hours before serving..." Equinox ◑ 21:35, 19 March 2009 (UTC)


 * As worded, the first sense would now apply to an action rather than an object of desire. People speak of the dessert itself being sinful; the act of eating it is only implied to be a sin. – Minh Nguyễn &#x1f4ac; 05:49, 9 July 2019 (UTC)