φαύλος — meaning in English

English meaning

• evil adjective Deeply immoral and cruel; deliberately intending to cause harm.
• reprobate adj Thrown away as having no value.
• 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 Thrown away as having no value.
2. adj (religion) Turned away by God because of sin.
3. adj Behaving badly, with no morals or principles.

Related Greek words