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as sin

as sin adverb: to a great extent or degree; very.

Adverb

as sin

  1. (postpositional) To a great extent or degree; very.
    • There is no way you'll lift it yourself, it's heavy as sin.
    • CAPTAIN: I understand, and I'll patronize you. I'll take every ticket, and pay you cash, and Jedidah shall come and see the beautiful rival. / JEDIDAH: Beautiful! She's as homely as sin.1864, O. E. [Oliver Everett] Durivage, The Stage-Struck Yankee

as sin meaning in Tamil

as sin in Tamil

பரி

Examples of as sin in a sentence

  • As for Janie, she stood there, petrified, and now her face had become as ugly as sin, and as vicious, and as malevolent.1945, Taylor Caldwell, Wide House:
  • The clouds covered a liquid surface black as sin.2015, John C. Wright, The Architect of Aeons, 1st edition, New York:

Origin of as sin

Generalization of previous similes, e.g. evil as sin, common as sin, imputable as sin.

Questions about as sin

What does as sin mean?
As sin means to a great extent or degree; very.
What is as sin in Tamil?
As sin in Tamil is பரி. See As sin meaning in Tamil.
How do you use as sin in a sentence?
As for Janie, she stood there, petrified, and now her face had become as ugly as sin, and as vicious, and as malevolent.
What part of speech is as sin?
As sin is an adverb.

Words near as sin in the dictionary

  1. as provided for
  2. as regards
  3. as respects
  4. as she is spoke
  5. as shit
  6. as sin
  7. as so
  8. as soon as
  9. as soon as look at someone
  10. as soon as possible
  11. as soon as possy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: as sin (page history and authors); as sin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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