SIN-o-NYMS, 7l

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Wrath (l): outrage

Just try to keep your outrage in—

That way your life will be more calm,

For self-control can be a balm

That keeps you from this mortal sin.

For if you let your “inrage” out—

And if it it swirls (cyclonic twists!)—

Your happiness dissolves in mists.

Of that, you should not have a doubt.

SIN-o-NYMS, 7k

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Wrath (k): madness

My madness really knew no bounds—

I raged like angry hunting hounds.

I broke some china—and some plates—

I ripped up books—I cursed our fates—

I kicked the puppy (yeah, that’s bad)—

And here came raging puppy’s dad.

“Don’t bite me, Cujo, please!” I begged.

But soon enough I was de-legged.

SIN-o-NYMS, 7j

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Wrath (j): lividness

Her lividness was obvious—

Her face was cherry red.

And so I shut my stupid face—

If not, I’d soon be dead.

But it, I fear, was far too late—

I’d gone too far once more,

So with an axe she chased me—fast!—

Right out through our front door.

SIN-o-NYMS, 7i

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Wrath (i): lividity

Lividity—means several things,

Like color, anger, black-and-blue.

But, oh, the terror this word brings

When anger’s pointed right at you!

For it can presage some event

That you will find immoderate.

And it may be so violent—

A slap in face? A punch in gut?

And so you need to calm your storm—

To “dial it back,” to gain control—

For if you don’t, you’ll find it warm

Where you next find your sickly soul.

SIN-o-NYMS, 7h

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Wrath (h): ire

Oh, even if the case is dire,

You should restrain your growing ire,

For ire will gain you nothing—nil—

And you will have some gaps to fill

Within your list of friends and such,

Who don’t admire your ire that much,

In fact, you may hear several say

They’d like to see you go away.

So keep that ire so well within

That no one knows you have that sin.

Concealing, though, is quite a load—

One day, perhaps, you might explode!

SIN-o-NYMS, 7g

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Wrath (g): irateness

Irateness is a quality

That some folks have, I know.

In some it comes so quickly—but

In others, it is slow.

Regardless, when their rage erupts,

Then violence is near.

The irate ones can lose their grip—

And this is what we fear.

For then we know abuse will come—

And injuries as well.

And even death can follow, so

We cry out,  “Bloody hell!”

Sure, anger has its sources, and

So others share the blame,

But when those blows are hitting us,

We’re clear from whence they came.

SIN-o-NYMS, 7f

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Wrath (f): indignation

His indignation flamed and flared

When he (Prince Hamlet) learned

From that poor ghost (the Prince was scared)

That after death he’d suffered, burned.

He vowed revenge on the new King

(His uncle, as you surely know),

Who’d done the murder—everything!

Oh, Hamlet vowed to bring him low!

SIN-o-NYMS, 7e

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Wrath (e): fury

Othello’s fury knew no bounds—

He thought that he had certain grounds.

The blame? On Desdemona, see?

And her foul infidelity.

Iago caused the tragic end—

That liar could not comprehend

Why he’d not gotten higher rank—

And so he’d plotted to outflank

Othello—he would bring him low!

And so he did, as we all know.

SIN-o-NYMS, 7d

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Wrath (d): furor

In such a furor, on he’ll rage—

As if performing on a stage—

Perhaps as Lear out in the storm—

Perhaps he needs some chloroform?

Could Lear have used some pot, you think?

Perhaps he could have found the link

Explaining why his life was rot?

But, then again, perhaps the plot

Would so have ruined Shakespeare’s play

We would not watch the show today.

SIN-o-NYMS, 7c

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Wrath (c): choler

Displaying choler here and there

Is not the brightest move to make.

You’ll realize this dire mistake

When you’ve no friends—not anywhere.

Elizabethans thought, you know,

That choler coursed inside your blood—

And sometimes swelled into a flood

That made you rage—a dynamo

Of anger in explosive mode.

Oh, there are those so choleric

They make themselves both sad and sick

With every wrathful episode.

SIN-o-NYMS, 7b

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Wrath (b): angriness*

Her angriness was quite a trait

And ruined almost every date—

Still time to save her? Or too late?

A man with temper came along—

He didn’t use some sweets or song—

But acted somewhat like King Kong.

They fell in love—it took a while—

But once they did? Oh, many a smile!

Their lives went on in calmer style.

*based, of course, on The Taming of the Shrew.

SIN-o-NYMS, 7a

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Wrath (a): anger

His anger formed the basis for

A very famous book.

He was a captain of a ship—

But, no, not Captain Hook.

No, this was Captain Ahab, and

You’ve probably know the tale

Of Ahab, Starbuck, Ishmael—and,

That notable pale whale.

It didn’t turn out very well

For Ahab, ship, and crew,

But Ishmael lived to tell the tale—

What truths our Melville knew!

SIN-o-NYMS: Wrath Begins

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Wrath

We now begin our seventh sin—

So long ago we did begin!—

And wrath becomes our subject now—

Its synonyms will show us how

This sin corrodes, corrupts our lives

And acts in ways like slashing knives

That damage others who are near—

Yes, anger shows no smile, just sneer.

Oh, wrath each life can spoil, control,

And leave a smear upon the soul.

SIN-o-NYMS, 6q

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (q): lounging 

So lounging is your latest thing?

You call it that, you ding-a-ling?

You think a name a difference makes?

Oh, you are loaded with mistakes!

See, lounging means you’re lazy, Bro—

You haven’t got a clue, and so

I’ll just stop talking—now I see

You cannot listen—not to me.

SIN-o-NYMS, 6p

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (p): lolling

Oh, he loved lolling—every day.

Relaxed is how he felt. He’d stay

In bed till very late—then rise

And rub the sleep from both his eyes—

Then maybe shower, maybe not—

And this was not what he’d been taught!

But so it goes each day for Matt—

A truly spoiled, disgusting brat!

SIN-o-NYMS, 6o

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (o): loafing

I hate your loafing—hate your face.

You’re nothing but a great disgrace.

I wish you’d get some drive somehow.

(I’m looking in the mirror now.)

Yes, I’m the one who’s such a slug—

Who takes naps here, upon the rug—

Who, when there’s work, has learned to hide—

And can defend it—justified!

SIN-o-NYMS, 6n

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (n): goldbricking

Oh, your goldbricking sickens your colleagues at work—

Though they know you are always a goldbricking jerk.

When there’s work to be done, you are nowhere around.

And pajamas at work?—should have known you’d be found,

Sleeping there in the closet—your teddy bear, too?

Sure, it’s cute—but not really: so much work to do.

So get dressed, sleepy creep, and get back to your desk.

What you’ve done, I must say, is far more than grotesque!

SIN-o-NYMS, 6m

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (m): dallying

Oh, dallying can be some fun—

Especially if you’re the one

Who’s dallying the whole day through.

But not so fun for others, true?

See, this is mankind’s basic law

(Though I’ll admit it has a flaw):

I think it’s fine when it is I—

But don’t you do it! Lazy guy!

So, go ahead and dally some—

But when your hour is finally come,

Expect me there, beside your bed,

To row you to the Land of Dead.

SIN-o-NYMS, 6l

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (l): supineness

Supineness does, I fear, suggest

That you’re not being at your best.

Oh, sure, it works when you’re in bed

And wish to sleep, to clear your head.

But while at work, it’s not a plan

Endearing you to those who can—

And will—work hard to earn their checks.

Your actions will have dire effects—

Like losing all your self-respect—

And seeing all your prospects wrecked.

SIN-o-NYMS, 6k

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (k): sluggishness

The slug has certain sluggishness—

Is that a real surprise?

A slug, of course, is sluggish, and

We all can empathize.

But you, my friend, are not a slug—

Not biologically—

So why when work just must be done,

Are you an absentee?

SIN-o-NYMS, 6j

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (j): listlessness

His listlessness will do him in.

If only he would just begin

To find some energy to work

And not blame all on some odd “quirk”

That keeps him from his excellence.

To me, it simply makes no sense

To lie around and think “What if?”

While spooning loaded spoons of JIF

Into his sticky mouth. (But … true?

I love that peanut butter, too!)

SIN-o-NYMS, 6i

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (i): lassitude

“Let’s talk about your lassitude”—

So said my boss the other day.

“And some about your attitude.

Yes, both must change—so find some way.”

My attitude? I thought and thought—

So very much I thought about.

But here’s the problem—I was caught.

And lassitude was what won out.

I took a nap right at my desk—

The boss walked by and saw me there.

He thought it was a bit grotesque—

For I sleep in my underwear!

And thus can end a fine career—

I can’t defeat my weaknesses.

And so let’s make this last thing clear:
I’ve not turned out to be a whiz.

SIN-o-NYMS, 6h

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (h): languor

The languor that descends on me

I can’t predict—no day.

I’m thinking of some things to do—

And then I think, No way!

Instead of working, earning trust—

Which really is a trap—

I think I’ll head upstairs right now

And lie down for a nap.

SIN-o-NYMS, 6g

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (g): apathy

A kind of nice word—apathy.

It sounds more positive to me

Than other words that I have heard—

Like lazybones—that’s so absurd!

My bones aren’t lazy—are you daft?

You see, it takes a lot of craft,

Avoiding work, delaying all,

So I have time for alcohol.

SIN-o-NYMS, 6f

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (f): shiftlessness

Her shiftlessness? It did annoy

Her boss down to the paperboy.

In fact, it brought not any joy.

I don’t know where she learned to be

So lazy—unconcerned. To me,

It just seems sad, a tragedy.

For she has gifts beyond compare—

Could be a leader anywhere.

Instead, she doesn’t seem to care.

She yawns, she stretches, and she sighs.

She gets online and buys and buys.

I find it hard to empathize. 

SIN-o-NYMS, 6e

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (e): laziness

And your excuse for laziness?

Oh, let me wonder—let me guess!

Uh, lately you’ve been feeling tired?
(As if your life’s about expired?)

Or maybe you have got a bug?
(It’s not that you’re a slothful slug!)

Or it is work that you don’t like?

(If that is so, just take a hike!)

SIN-o-NYMS, 6d

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (d): inertia

Inertia—in a daily sense—

Is when you feel inert—

Don’t want to move—and feel so dense

That moving might cause painful hurt.

And so you stay right where you are—

You feel some safety, doing that.

You wish you had an avatar

To do your work—you’re lying flat.*

*or … flat lying

SIN-o-NYMS, 6c

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (c): indolence

“No, indolence is not a crime—

It’s how I like to spend my time!”

This from the witness in the stand

In self-defense, for he’d been banned

From both his desk and office chair—

Was forced to work in open air.

The judge woke up, said, “What was that?

Some indolence? No crime in that!”

And so he let the fellow go—

Though you won’t be surprised to know

That when he next at work grew tired

And lay his head down? He was fired!

SIN-o-NYMS, 6b

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

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

Sloth (b): indolence

Your indolence is wearying—

And so I now a theory bring:

You are both lazy—and you’re smart—

And you don’t keep the two apart.

The less you do, the less that we

Expect from you—oh, now I see!

Two rhyming words apply, yes: shirk—

You also are a total jerk.