φαύλος — meaning in English

English meaning

• evil adjective Deeply immoral and cruel; deliberately intending to cause harm.
• reprobate adj Rejected; cast off as worthless.
• rotten adj Decayed and spoiled, especially of food.
• tainted adj Contaminated, spoiled, or morally corrupted.

Senses

φαύλος is used for these senses in English:

• evil Morally corrupt.
• reprobate Immoral, having no religious or principled character.
• rotten Cruel, mean or immoral.
• tainted Corrupted or filled with imperfections.

evil — full definition

1. adjective Deeply immoral and cruel; deliberately intending to cause harm.
2. adjective Unpleasant or unlucky, in a milder, informal sense.
3. noun Moral wickedness, or the force believed to cause suffering and wrongdoing in the world.

reprobate — full definition

1. adj Rejected; cast off as worthless.
2. adj Rejected by God; damned, sinful.
3. adj Immoral, having no religious or principled character.

Related Greek words