κυνικός — meaning in English

English meaning

• canine adj Relating to or resembling dogs.
• cynic noun A person who habitually expects the worst of people and doubts their sincerity or motives.
• cynical adj Distrustful of people's sincerity, believing that self-interest is the real motive behind most actions.

Senses

κυνικός is used for these senses in English:

• Cynic Of or relating to the Cynics.
• Cynic A member of a sect of Ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue.
• canine Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
• canine Dog-like.
• cynical Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.

canine — full definition

1. adj Relating to or resembling dogs.
2. noun A dog, or an animal in the dog family.
3. noun One of the pointed teeth located between the incisors and premolars.

cynic — full definition

1. noun A person who habitually expects the worst of people and doubts their sincerity or motives.
2. name A member of an ancient Greek school of philosophy that valued virtue and self-control above material comfort.

Related Greek words