DEADLY SIN

Meaning of DEADLY SIN in English

noun

one of the seven actions for which you can go to hell, in Christian tradition :

Greed is one of the seven deadly sins .

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DEADLY SIN — noun Date: 13th century one of seven sins of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth held to be …
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DEADLY SIN — noun : one of seven sins of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth regarded by some as the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEADLY SIN — any of the seven deadly sins (pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and sloth)
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DEADLY SIN — Date: 13th century : one of seven sins of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth held to be …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEADLY SIN — Function: noun Date: 13th century : one of seven sins of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth held …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DEADLY SIN — ■ noun (in Christian tradition) a sin regarded as leading to damnation. See the seven ~s at seven .
Concise Oxford English vocab
DEADLY SIN — [deadly sin] n (13c): one of seven sins of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth held to be …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEADLY SIN — also called Cardinal Sin, any of the sins, usually numbering seven, dating back to the early history of Christian monasticism; …
Britannica English vocabulary
DEADLY SIN — смертный грех
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DEADLY SIN — смертный грех
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DEADLY SIN — смертный грех
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DEADLY SIN — смертный грех
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DEADLY SIN — смертный грех
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SIN — prep without Sin- npr [occurring in compounds] Sin-, Sino- (= China) sin- [-sin-/sit-] v [occurring in derivatives and compounds] sin- …
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
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
DEADLY — I. ˈdedlē, -li adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English deedlich, deedly, from Old English dēadlīc, from dēad dead + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIN — (n.) A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
Английский словарь Webster
DEADLY — (a.) Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.
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DEADLY — (a.) Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.
Английский словарь Webster
SIN — ( n. ) A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DEADLY — ( a. ) Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow …
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
DEADLY — — deadliness , n. /ded"lee/ , adj., deadlier, deadliest , adv. adj. 1. causing or tending to cause death; fatal; …
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
DEADLY — I. ˈded-lē adjective ( dead·li·er ; -est ) Date: before 12th century 1. : likely to cause or capable of …
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
DEADLY — adj subject to death; mortal. 2. deadly ·adv extremely. 3. deadly ·adv in an implacable manner; destructively. 4. deadly ·adv …
Webster English vocab
DEADLY — [dead.ly] adj dead.li.er ; -est (bef. 12c) 1: likely to cause or capable of producing death 2. a: aiming to …
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SIN — moral evil as considered from a religious standpoint. Sin is regarded in Judaism and Christianity as the deliberate and purposeful …
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
DEADLY — dead|ly BrE AmE ˈded |li ▷ dead|lier li‿ə AmE \ li‿ ə r ▷ dead|liest li‿ɪst li‿əst ▶ ˌ deadly …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SIN — / sɪn; NAmE / noun , verb , abbreviation ■ noun 1. [ C ] an offence against God or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEADLY — / ˈdedli; NAmE / adjective , adverb ■ adjective ( dead·lier , dead·li·est ) HELP NOTE : More deadly and …
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SIN — I. sin 1 S2 /sɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: synn ] 1 . [uncountable and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEADLY — I. dead ‧ ly 1 /ˈdedli/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ dead , ↑ death , …
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
DEADLY — adj. & adv. --adj. (deadlier, deadliest) 1 a causing or able to cause fatal injury or serious damage. b poisonous …
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
DEADLY — adj. & adv. adj. (deadlier, deadliest) 1 a causing or able to cause fatal injury or serious damage. b poisonous …
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
DEADLY — adj. & adv. --adj. (deadlier, deadliest) 1. a causing or able to cause fatal injury or serious damage. b poisonous …
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
DEADLY — ( deadlier, deadliest) 1. If something is deadly , it is likely or able to cause someone’s death, or has …
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
DEADLY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a deadly poison ▪ The berries contain a deadly poison. a deadly snake ▪ …
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
DEADLY — [adjective], [adverb]Cars turn into deadly (= able to kill) weapons when they are driven dangerously.She fired the rifle with deadly …
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
SIN — Synonyms and related words : aberrancy, aberration, abomination, atrocity, bad, breach, commit sin, crime, crime against humanity, criminal tendency, criminality, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEADLY — I. adj. Deadly is used with these nouns: ↑ accident , ↑ accuracy , ↑ ambush , ↑ assassin , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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
DEADLY — adj. 25B6; adjective these drugs can be deadly : FATAL, lethal, mortal, death-dealing, life-threatening; dangerous, injurious, harmful, detrimental, deleterious, unhealthy; …
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
DEADLY — adj. 1 lethal, fatal; dangerous, pernicious, poisonous, noxious, toxic; baleful, harmful, nocuous This drug is deadly if taken in large …
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 …
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DEADLY — 1. прил. 1) а) смертельный; летальный, убийственный (в прямом и переносном значении) deadly boredom ≈ смертельная скука Syn : fatal, …
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