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Deadly Sin

Definition: Deadly Sin

Deadly Sin

Noun

1. An unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; theologians list 7 mortal sins.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Deadly Sin

Synonym: mortal sin (n). (additional references)
Antonym: venial sin (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Deadly Sin

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Guilt

Enormity, atrocity, outrage; deadly sin, mortal sin; "deed without a name".

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: Deadly Sin

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Deadly Sin (2000)

The First Deadly Sin (1980)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Deadly Sin

DomainTitle

Books

  • First Deadly Sin Part 1 Of 2 (reference)

  • The 2nd Deadly Sin (reference)

  • The Deadly Sin of Terrorism: Its Effect on Democracy and Civil Liberty in Six Countries (Contributions in Political Science) (reference)

  • The Enigma of Anger: Essays on a Sometimes Deadly Sin (reference)

  • Three Complete Novels: The First Deadly Sin/the Second Deadly Sin/the Third Deadly Sin (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Deadly Sin

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

the seven deadly sin

699

7 deadly sin

267

deadly sin

41

deadly sin alyssa milano

8

seven deadly sin pride

3

deadly sin movie

2

seven deadly sin movie

2

8th deadly sin

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Deadly Sin

Language Translations for "deadly sin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

kuolemansynti. (various references)

   

German

  

todsünde (cardinal sin, mortal sin). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eadlyday insay

   

Russian 

  

смертный грех (mortal sin). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

büyük günah (cardinal sin), affedilmez günah (mortal sin). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Deadly Sin

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Atropa belladonna, Atropa bella-donna, Atropa Belladonna L.. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Deadly Sin

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-i-l-n-s-y"

-1 letter: dialysed, islanded, landside.

-2 letters: adenyls, dandies, dandily, dandles, dayside, denials, dialyse, dindles, elysian, laddies, slidden, snailed, snidely.

-3 letters: addles, adenyl, aisled, aliens, alined, alines, dandle, deadly, deasil, dedans, delays, denial, desand, dialed, dindle, dynels, easily, elains, elands, ideals, inlays, island, laddie, ladens, ladies, landed, lianes, linsey, lysine, nailed, naleds, sadden, saddle, sailed, sained.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-i-l-n-s-y"
 

+2 letters: unadvisedly.

 

+5 letters: absentmindedly, disappointedly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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