SIN-o-NYMS, 5p

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (p): vainness

“Oh, vainness is a petty thing

In courtier or mighty king!”

Yes, this is what a jester said

Not long before he lost his head.

The moral? Well, things can get bleak,

So watch your words—and where you speak!

SIN-NYMS, 5o

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (o): vaingloriousness

Vaingloriousness is hard to bear—

But seems to blossom everywhere—

In towns and cities I can see

And, yes, from sea to shining sea.

Yet, glory’s evanescent, so

Much vanity is silly, Yo.

SIN-o-NYMS, 5n

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (n): swell headedness

Swell headedness can sometimes be

So far beyond plain vanity

That it’s beyond what we can see.

So take advice from me—

And my advice is free.

I guarantee

That folks will flee—

Like me!

(Oh, gee!)

SIN-o-NYMS, 5m

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (m): swelled head

A swelled head isn’t good for you—

Some bad things happen. Need a clue?

You lose your friends—your foes just grin:

They know this is a deadly sin!

If you’ve a woman in your life,

She won’t consent to be your wife.

I’ve you’ve a man you’re thinking of,

He’s not equipped to be your love.

But worst of all? What else it bodes?

A swelled head often just explodes.

SIN-o-NYMS, 5l

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (l): smugness

Yes, smugness is a dreary trait—

It bothers you—it bothers me.

It’s something that we all must hate.

You never look too far to see

This quality in evidence:

You see it so pervasively.

It really doesn’t make much sense—

This self-regard, this arrogance—

And has a frightening soul-expense.

SIN-o-NYMS, 5k

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (k): self-love

Self-love is stronger than self-like—

It’s strong enough to hurt

The ones you work with—ones you love.

It’s time that you convert.

Embrace a little modesty—

Some self-abasement, for

All others find you boring—do

You want to be a chore?

SIN-o-NYMS, 5j

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (j): self-importance

Too much of this annoys us all—

Too little presages a fall.

Oh, self-importance—just a bit—

Can be a good thing, you’ll admit?

We need to feel that we’re worthwhile—

But show it with some modest style.

For when it swells—a well-soaked sponge—

It’s something that we must expunge.

SIN-o-NYMS, 5i

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (i): self-glory

He soaked himself, from head to toe—

Self-glory was the liquid, Yo.

He thought its glitter would result

In admiration—we’d exult

And shower him with endless praise

Throughout his endless string of days.

But …

Self-glory is like gasoline:

When it ignites, you leave the scene—

A piece of charcoal, so well used.

You stand there, singed, and so confused.

SIN-o-NYMS, 5h

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (h): self-admiration

Well, his self-admiration was over the top—

He would not cease his bragging—he just wouldn’t stop.

So we gathered and talked—if we only could see

Some are way to increase this guy’s humility.

Oh, this problem would vex—it would vex—and just vex.

We saw no sure way—till we thought of old Rex.

Well, old Rex was a T. Rex—with many sharp ways—

To convince self-admirers that they had few days

If they didn’t reform—become modest and sweet.

So our guy was convinced—while old Rex gnawed his feet.

SIN-o-NYMS, 5g

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (g): pridefulness

Well, pridefulness, if fully reined,

As history has well-explained,

Can be a virtue, now and then,

And not substantially a sin.

If you take pride in what you do—

If you help folks—if but a few—

If you avoid the sickening pride

So common with the slick and snide,

Then you have proved (and I’m agreeing)

You’re indeed a human being.

SIN-o-NYMS, 5f

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (f): pompousness

She couldn’t stand his pompousness—

His arrogance and pure conceit.

She felt he was a human mess,

This man of hers, this guy named Pete.

So she said, “Pete, you’ve got to change—

To be more modest, humble, too.”

Pete said, “You’re right—I’ll rearrange

My life by promptly dumping you.”

He thought that women soon would flock

To be with him (an awesome guy),

But he’d been fooled by his own talk—

They all gave him the Evil Eye!

SIN-o-NYMS, 5e

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (e): pomposity

Oh, please avoid pomposity—

Not pleasing in a face to see—

As inhumane as it can be.

Much better? Modesty, and so

It is the surer route to go

Through life—as you must surely know.

SIN-o-NYMS, 5d

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (d): egotism

Jim’s egotism—off the charts.

He thought that all the women’s hearts

Were his for taking—what a dunce!

I don’t think there was even once

When any woman looked at Jim,

Thought, “I would like to get with him!”

Instead, they looked—and each one thought:

“I might have dinner with him … NOT!”

SIN-o-NYMS 5c

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (c): ego

Maude’s ego swelled with each success—

And why did she succeed? Just guess.

Her father was the king of France—

Her mother was the Queen of Dance.

Her brother was King Midas’ child—

Her sister—well, that girl was wild.

So Maude believed her fortune was

Due all to her—and all because

She was just awesome! (That’s the word.)

Reality, for her? So blurred.

SIN-o-NYMS, 5b

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (b): conceitedness

They chastised me—from head to toe.

Conceitedness was their complaint.

They wouldn’t really stop, and so

I tried a trick—a clever feint.

I told them, “I’m a lousy guy—

So, really, I agree with you!”

They went off happy (hear my sigh?)—

Oh, I’m the best of liars, too!

SIN-o-NYMS, 5a

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (a): conceit

Oh, he was filled with such conceit

That we were forced to bind his feet—

To fasten him to heavy weight—

And toss him in the sea—his fate.

But deep down in the ocean blue

The fish felt just like me, like you,

So then they made a swift attack

And tossed that cocky dude right back

SIN-o-NYMS, 4m

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (m): wantonness

Your wantonness will bring you pain—

Today—and then again, again.

Perhaps you need to take a pill?

It might just help—I’m sure it will,

Especially if it’s cyanide.

And, no, I am not being snide;

I’m just suggesting something new

So you will stop this dance you do.

SIN-o-NYMS, 4L

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (l): licentiousness

Licentiousness—a fancy word

For something that’s so plain—

A passion that brings ruin—and

Is soaked with human pain.

There’s not a lot that we can do—

We punish the display—

But it will last much longer, for

It’s in our DNA.

SIN-o-NYMS, 4k

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (k): satyriasis (say-tuh-RYE-uh-sis)

Satyriasis—bad—yes, so bad and so fierce—

And so strong that I’ve heard it could easily pierce

All the plain, mere convention, and all social norms—

Oh, his wild, wild libido just raged with wild storms.

So at last, they all sprayed him—a most massive hose

In the hope that they’d cool him. But in his wild throes

Of pure agony (yes, that hose blast was so cold),

He soon realized that he’d been growing so old—

And old age—it is like nothing else that I know—

Can cool off that hot passion, can save the day, Yo.

SIN-o-NYMS, 4j

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (j): nymphomania

He values nymphomania—

He is a very creepy guy.

He’s gone to Transylvania—

We banished him—where he will die.

Well, sort of. For he’ll meet that Count—

That famous one—you know? With fangs?

And there is really no amount

Of begging that will save the pangs

Of vampire bites.

SIN-o-NYMS, 4i

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (i): erotomania

Erotomania ran wild—

Oh, there was nothing nothing mild

About the outbreak in the land—

The flames of passion had been fanned.

Oh, what to do? The King was stumped.

And then he learned the Queen had dumped

Him for a jester … oh, what’s next!

The King was thoroughly perplexed.

And so he did what leaders do:

He took his crown off (wouldn’t you?).

He donned his favorite sleeping cap—

Then lay right down and took a nap.

SIN-o-NYMS, 4h

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (h): passion

His passion morphed into a storm—

And very soon it took the form

Of a tornado—in the zone

Of something he had never known—

A hurricane of vice and lust.

He knew then that he really must

Seek help. But did he do it? No.

He let the storm continue, Yo,

Until all women whom he’d known

Had gathered up their things and flown.

SIN-o-NYMS, 4g

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (g): lustfulness

His lustfulness got out of hand—

From many places he was banned—

Like church and school and marketplace.

All posted signs that showed his face,

That warned: “Avoiding him’s a must:

This dude just overflows with lust.”

SIN-o-NYMS, 4f

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (f): itch

Okay, he had a little itch

For someone dressed up like a witch.

It was a fetish, I admit—

But he’d not change—no, not a bit.

One day he found one in the trees—

Her beauty brought him to his knees.

He followed her into the dark—

Responding to that itch, that spark.

Before he understood her plan,

He was inside a kettle, man!

SIN-o-NYMS, 4e

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (e): horniness

Oh, not a very pleasant word

Is horniness (you may have heard?),

For it describes a certain surge

That underlies a certain urge

That often leads to lives upset—

And maybe, also, much regret.

SIN-o-NYMS, 4d

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (d): eroticism

Eroticism soaked the tale

He read so many times in jail.

Perhaps it was not best to read

Of things he’d never learned to heed.

But on he read—and read again—

Till he exploded with his sin.

SIN-o-NYMS, 4c

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (c): Eros

So Eros looked out on the town.

He smiled and thought of every way

That he could bring those people down

Before the sun would set that day.

It wasn’t all that hard, you know?

Libido is a human thing.

So he would watch these people go

Insane with lust—lose everything!

SIN-o-NYMS, 4b

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (b): concupiscence

His problem was concupiscence—

Could not control it—never learned

That if he didn’t use his sense,

His future would be ruined—burned.

But he could not control his urge

And got in trouble—took his fall.

And when he tried to reemerge,

The fire consumed him, all in all.

SIN-o-NYMS, 4a

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Lust (a): ardor

His ardor was ferocious for

The woman that he saw.

He just could not forget her, so

He moved to Arkansas.

He met another woman, who

Delighted him, as well.

He just could not forget her, so

He bought some Zinfandel.

And then it was he realized

He had an issue—dire.

And so he bought an instrument—

A lovely sort of lyre.

He played it every time he saw

A woman whom he craved.

So he became an expert—and

His lonely life was saved.

SIN-o-NYMS, 3k

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Greed (k): materialism

So materialism now reigns in the West—

It seems owning vast numbers of things is the best.

There is no way to stop some wild passion like this—

It’s just more—and then more—and then down the abyss.

And we don’t realize until late in the day

That we should have adopted a much better way—

We should share and relieve and be humble, of course—

Or we’ll gallop along, and then fall from the horse.