CARDINAL SIN

Meaning of CARDINAL SIN in English

noun

(sometimes humorous ) an action that is a serious mistake or that other people disapprove of :

He committed the cardinal sin of criticizing his teammates.

a serious sin in the Christian Church

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

CARDINAL SIN — ■ noun any of the seven deadly sins. ↘ chiefly humorous a serious error of judgement: he committed the ~ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CARDINAL SIN — ˌcardinal ˈsin BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . informal something bad or stupid that you must avoid doing: politicians who …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CARDINAL SIN — ( cardinal sins) If you describe an action as a cardinal sin , you are indicating that some people strongly …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CARDINAL SIN — (~s) If you describe an action as a ~, you are indicating that some people strongly disapprove of it. I …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CARDINAL SIN — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Senators who commit the cardinal sin of ignoring public opinion will soon be out …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CARDINAL SIN — разг.; неод. действие, случай, событие, явление Syn : event, occurrence
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CARDINAL SIN — _n. _собир. _неодобр. событие, действие
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CARDINAL SIN — действие, случай, событие, явление
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CARDINAL SIN — разг. ; неодобр. действие, случай, событие, явление Syn: event , occurrence
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CARDINAL SIN — разг.; неодобр. действие, случай, событие, явление Syn: event, occurrence
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CARDINAL SIN — _n. _собир. _неодобр. событие, действие
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CARDINAL SIN — n. собир. неодобр. событие, действие
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CARDINAL SIN — действие, случай, событие, явление
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
CARDINAL SIN — разг.; неод. действие, случай, событие, явление Syn : event, occurrence
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIN — prep without Sin- npr [occurring in compounds] Sin-, Sino- (= China) sin- [-sin-/sit-] v [occurring in derivatives and compounds] sin- …
Interlingua English vocab
CARDINAL — adj cardinal (= of first importance); numeros cardinal cardinal numbers; punctos cardinal cardinal points; virtutes cardinal cardinal virtues n cardinal …
Interlingua English vocab
SIN — Sumerian Nanna In He was the father of {{link=Shamash">Shamash and, in some myths, of Ishtar . Sin was thought to …
Английский словарь Британика
SIN — Wrongdoing, particularly the breaking of moral or religious rules. In the Hebrew scriptures, sin is viewed as a hatred of …
Английский словарь Британика
CARDINAL — I Member of the Sacred College of Cardinals. Their duties include electing the pope , acting as his principal counselors, …
Английский словарь Британика
SIN — I. ˈsin noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sinne, from Old English synn, syn; akin to Old Frisian sende …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CARDINAL — I. ˈkärd( ə )nəl, ˈkȧd- adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin cardinalis, from Latin, of a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIN — (n.) A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
Английский словарь Webster
SIN — ( n. ) A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SIN — sin 1 — sinlike , adj. — sinningly , adv. — sinningness , n. /sin/ , n. , v. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CARDINAL — — cardinally , adv. — cardinalship , n. /kahr"dn l/ , adj. 1. of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SIN — I. ˈsin noun Etymology: Middle English sinne, from Old English synn; akin to Old High German sunta sin and probably …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CARDINAL — I. ˈkärd-nəl, ˈkär-də- noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin cardinalis, from Late Latin cardinalis, adjective Date: 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SIN — (·adv, ·prep & ·conj) old form of since. 2. sin ·noun a sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. 3. sin …
Webster English vocab
CARDINAL — adj mulled red wine. 2. cardinal ·adj a woman's short cloak with a hood. 3. cardinal ·adj of fundamental importance; …
Webster English vocab
CARDINAL — [car.di.nal] n [ME, fr. ML cardinalis, fr. LL cardinalis, adj.] (12c) 1: a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SIN — moral evil as considered from a religious standpoint. Sin is regarded in Judaism and Christianity as the deliberate and purposeful …
Britannica English vocabulary
CARDINAL — also called Redbird, or Cardinal Grosbeak (species Cardinalis, formerly Richmondena, cardinalis), songbird of North America east of the Rocky Mountains, …
Britannica English vocabulary
SIN — (Akkadian), Sumerian Nanna in Mesopotamian religion, the god of the moon. Sin was the father of the sun god, Shamash …
Britannica English vocabulary
CARDINAL — cardinal BrE AmE ˈkɑːd ɪn ə l - ə n‿ ə l AmE \ ˈkɑːrd- ▷ cardinal|s z ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SIN — / sɪn; NAmE / noun , verb , abbreviation ■ noun 1. [ C ] an offence against God or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CARDINAL — / ˈkɑːdɪnl; NAmE ˈkɑːrd-/ noun , adjective ■ noun 1. a priest of the highest rank in the Roman Catholic …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIN — I. sin 1 S2 /sɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: synn ] 1 . [uncountable and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CARDINAL — I. ˌcardinal ˈnumber BrE AmE ( also cardinal ) noun [countable] a number such as 1, 2, or 3, that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SIN — n. & v. --n. 1 a the breaking of divine or moral law, esp. by a conscious act. b such …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CARDINAL — n. & adj. --n. 1 (as a title Cardinal) a leading dignitary of the RC Church, one of the college …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SIN — n. & v. n. 1 a the breaking of divine or moral law, esp. by a conscious act. b such …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CARDINAL — n. & adj. n. 1 (as a title Cardinal) a leading dignitary of the RC Church, one of the college …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SIN — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a the breaking of divine or moral law, esp. by a conscious act. b …
Oxford English vocab
CARDINAL — n. & adj. --n. 1. (as a title Cardinal) a leading dignitary of the RC Church, one of the college …
Oxford English vocab
SIN — ( sins, sinning, sinned) 1. Sin or a sin is an action or type of behaviour which is believed to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CARDINAL — ( cardinals) 1. A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church. In 1448, Nicholas was appointed a cardinal... …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES as miserable as sin British English (= very miserable ) as ugly as sin …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CARDINAL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cardinal number (= a number such as 1, 2, or 3 that shows …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SIN — (OFFENCE) [noun] - the offence of breaking, or the breaking of, a religious or moral lawAdultery is considered by some …
Cambridge English vocab
SIN — n. Wrongdoing, particularly the breaking of moral or religious rules. In the Hebrew scriptures, sin is viewed as a hatred …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CARDINAL — n. cardinal flower Cardinal Manning Mazarin Jules Cardinal Cardinal Newman Richelieu Armand Jean du Plessis cardinal and duke de Wolsey …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CARDINAL — n. Member of the Sacred College of Cardinals. Their duties include electing the pope , acting as his principal counselors, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SIN — Synonyms and related words : aberrancy, aberration, abomination, atrocity, bad, breach, commit sin, crime, crime against humanity, criminal tendency, criminality, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CARDINAL — Synonyms and related words : Gaussian integer, Grand Penitentiary, Holy Father, Titian, Titian-red, abuna, algebraic number, algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot, all-absorbing, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIN — n. 25B6; noun a sin in the eyes of God : IMMORAL ACT, wrong, wrongdoing, act of evil/wickedness, transgression, crime, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIN — n. 1 trespass, transgression, offence, wrong, impiety, misdeed, profanation, desecration, iniquity, evil, devilry, sacrilege, crime, infraction, misdeed, dereliction, infringement, violation, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SIN — a city of Egypt, mentioned only by Ezekiel. (Ezekiel 30:15,16) The name is Hebrew, or at least Semitic, perhaps signifying …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
SIN — 1. сущ. 1) грех to commit a sin ≈ совершить грех, согрешить to expiate a sin ≈ искупать грех It's …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CARDINAL — 1. прил. 1) важнейший, ведущий, главный, кардинальный, основной cardinal vowel ≈ линг. кардинальная гласная Syn : chief, main 2) грам. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIN — sin.ogg 1. sın n 1. 1> грех deadly /mortal/ sin - смертный грех original sin - первородный грех sin of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CARDINAL — cardinal.ogg 1. ʹkɑ:d(ə)nəl n 1. церк. кардинал 2. ярко-красный, пунцовый цвет ( тж. cardinal red) 3. pl 1> страны света …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CARDINAL — 1) главный, кардинальный 2) количественное числительное 3) матем. кадинал, кардинальное число • - absolute cardinal - cardinal of continuum - cardinal of set - cardinal of structure - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SIN — sin сущ.1) грех a little sin — небольшой грех to commit a sin — совершить грех, согрешить to expiate a …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CARDINAL — cardinal прил.1) важнейший, ведущий, главный, кардинальный, основной cardinal vowel — лингв. кардинальная гласная Syn:chief, main 2) грам. количественный - cardinal …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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