Seven Sins

www.stephenconway.net

images by stephen conway © 2011

anger

greed

sloth

envy

gluttony

pride

lust

INDEX

angernoun• a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility : the colonel’s anger at his daughter’s disobedience.verb [ trans. ] (often be angered)• fill (someone) with such a feeling; provoke anger in : she was angered by his terse answer | [ trans. ] I was angered to receive a further letter from them | [ trans. ] he was angered that he had not been told.ORIGIN Middle English : from Old Norse angr ‘grief,’ angra ‘vex.’ The original use was in the Old Norse senses; current senses date from late Middle English .

greednoun• intense and selfish desire for something, esp. wealth, power, or food.ORIGIN late 16th cent.: back-formation from greedy .

slothnoun• reluctance to work or make an effort; laziness : he should overcome his natural sloth and complacency.

envynoun ( pl. -vies)• a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck : she felt a twinge of envy for the people on board.• ( the envy of) a person or thing that inspires such a feeling : their national health service is the envy of many in Europe.verb ( -vies, -vied) [ trans. ]desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable attribute belonging to (someone else) : he en-vied people who did not have to work on weekends | [with two objs. ] I envy Jane her happiness.• desire for oneself (something possessed or enjoyed by another) : a lifestyle that most of us would envy.

gluttonynoun• habitual greed or excess in eating.ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French glutonie, from gluton ‘glutton.’

pridenoun• the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one’s importance : the sin of pride.

lustnoun• very strong sexual desire : he knew that his lust for her had returned.• [in sing. ] a passionate desire for something : a lust for power.• (usu. lusts) chiefly Theology a sensual appetite regarded as sinful : lusts of the flesh.verb [ intrans. ]have a very strong sexual desire for someone : he really lusted after me in those days.• feel a strong desire for something : pregnant women lusting for pickles and ice cream.

Seven Sins

images by stephen conway © 2011www.stephenconway.net