порочный — meaning in English

English meaning

• evil adjective Deeply immoral and cruel; deliberately intending to cause harm.
• unholy adj Not holy; wicked, evil, or sacrilegious.
• vicious adj Deliberately cruel, violent, or savage.

Senses

порочный is used for these senses in English:

• evil Morally corrupt.
• unholy Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted.
• vicious (archaic) Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.

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.

unholy — full definition

1. adj Not holy; wicked, evil, or sacrilegious.
2. adj Dreadful or outrageous in degree — used informally to intensify.

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