Beastly vs Infamous - What's the difference?
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(UK) Pertaining to, or having the form, nature or habits of, a beast.
(UK) Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.
(UK, dated) Abominable.
Like a beast; brutishly.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.8:
* 1901 , The Literary World - Volume 63 - Page 35:
having a bad reputation, disreputable; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad
causing infamy; disgraceful
(archaic) in England / Great Britain, a judicial punishment which deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law.
Beastly is a related term of infamous.
As adjectives the difference between beastly and infamous
is that beastly is (uk) pertaining to, or having the form, nature or habits of, a beast while infamous is having a bad reputation, disreputable; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad.As an adverb beastly
is like a beast; brutishly.beastly
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- beastly weather
Usage notes
Most often used pejoratively. is more narrow, though also often used pejoratively.Synonyms
* (like a beast) bestial, animalianAdverb
(en adverb)- Beastly he threwe her downe, ne car'd to spill / Her garments gay with scales of fish that all did fill.
- They have insulted me most beastly . Moreover, they are, everyone of them, black-satan filthmen.
infamous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was an infamous traitor.
- He was an infamous perjurer.
- This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.
Derived terms
* infamously * infamousness * infamyReferences
*Oxford English Dictionary