Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

guilty as sin

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: guilty as sin
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Unquestionably guilty.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Joe Feinberg, who supplied the decorative ceramic tiles for the Key Biscayne homes of both the President and Bebe Rebozo, thinks Nixon is "guilty as sin.""
"[Julian:] And what do you think? [Sunday:] I think you're guilty as sin."

Usage

Colloquial

Questions

What does guilty as sin mean?: Unquestionably guilty.

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