deadly sin

noun

Any of the seven deadly sins: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).

Similar
cardinal sinmortal sin
Opposite
capital virtue
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Meanings

noundeadly sin (plural deadly sins)

plural deadly sins

  1. Any of the seven deadly sins: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).

    There are deadly sins from which God's people may recover. A man may even communicate unworthily, and yet, so be it he sin not against the Holy Ghost, he may find forgiveness.

    1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

    Synonyms: cardinal sin · Antonyms: capital virtue

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of the seven deadly sins: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).

Similar
cardinal sin
Opposite
capital virtue

More synonyms by meaning

nounan unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace

Similar
mortal sin
Broader
sinsinning
Also see
mortal sin

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan pecat capital
  • pecat capitalany of the seven deadly sins
Czech hlavní hřích
  • hlavní hříchany of the seven deadly sins
Danish dødssynd
  • dødssyndany of the seven deadly sins
Dutch hoofdzonde
  • hoofdzondeany of the seven deadly sins
Esperanto morta peko
  • morta pekoany of the seven deadly sins
Finnish kuolemansynti
  • kuolemansyntiany of the seven deadly sins
French péché capital
  • péché capitalany of the seven deadly sins
German Todsünde
  • Todsündeany of the seven deadly sins
Greek θανάσιμο αμάρτημα
  • θανάσιμο αμάρτημα (thanásimo amártima)any of the seven deadly sins
Hungarian főbűn
  • főbűnany of the seven deadly sins
Indonesian dosa maut
  • dosa mautany of the seven deadly sins
Irish peaca marfach
  • peaca marfachany of the seven deadly sins
Italian vizio capitale, peccato capitale
  • vizio capitaleany of the seven deadly sins
  • peccato capitaleany of the seven deadly sins
Latin peccatum mortiferum
  • peccatum mortiferumany of the seven deadly sins
Norwegian Bokmål dødssynd
  • dødssyndany of the seven deadly sins
Polish grzech śmiertelny, grzech ciężki
  • grzech śmiertelnyany of the seven deadly sins
  • grzech ciężkiany of the seven deadly sins
Portuguese pecado capital
  • pecado capitalany of the seven deadly sins
Romanian păcat capital
  • păcat capitalany of the seven deadly sins
Russian сме́ртный грех
  • сме́ртный грех (smértnyj grex)any of the seven deadly sins
Scottish Gaelic peacadh-bàis
  • peacadh-bàisany of the seven deadly sins
Spanish pecado capital
  • pecado capitalany of the seven deadly sins
Swedish dödssynd
  • dödssyndany of the seven deadly sins
Cite this entry
APA

deadly sin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadly%20sin

MLA

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Chicago

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