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Deadly sin
Any of the seven deadly sins: anger, greed/avarice, envy, gluttony, lust, pride, and sloth.
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Any of the seven deadly sins: anger, greed/avarice, envy, gluttony, lust, pride, and sloth.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Deadly sin"
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| Word | Definition |
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| mortal sinnoun | (Roman Catholicism, theology) A sin which causes the loss of God's grace, leading to eternal damnation, unless the sinner repents, which includes their intent to confess and atone; such a sin is defined as a grave transgression against one of the Ten Commandments with the full knowledge and deliberate consent of the sinner. |
| cardinal sinnoun | (by extension) Any action that is highly discouraged within a particular field. |
| devil's ropenoun | (US, southwest, slang) Barbed wire |
| lethal | Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal. |
| bloodguiltnoun | Guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood. |
| bloodguiltinessnoun | Guilt of having shed blood or killed someone. |
| three firesnoun | (Buddhism) Three Poisons; three primary causes of unskillful action that lead to the creation of "negative" karma |
| demonnoun | An evil supernatural spirit. |
| self-slaughternoun | The slaughter or slaying of oneself, suicide, especially when portrayed as a sin or crime. |
| angel lustnoun | (slang) death erection |
| viciousnessnoun | the desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty |
| holdfastnoun | Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened. |
| deadly embracenoun | (computing) deadlock |
| selfslaughternoun | Alternative form of self-slaughter ("suicide"). [The slaughter or slaying of oneself, suicide, especially when portrayed as a sin or crime.] |
| devil dancingnoun | (figurative, idiomatic) Risky, reckless or potentially immoral behavior. |
| red-handednessnoun | The condition of being caught with clear evidence of guilt. |
| capital crimenoun | (law) Any crime that is punishable by death. |
| poisonnoun | A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested. |
| wrathnoun | (uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this. |
| gravenoun | (strictly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial. |
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