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Dreadful vs Festy - What's the difference?

dreadful | festy |

As adjectives the difference between dreadful and festy

is that dreadful is causing dread; very bad while festy is (australia|slang) disgusting.

As nouns the difference between dreadful and festy

is that dreadful is a shocking or sensational crime while festy is a festival.

dreadful

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (archaic) * (l) (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing dread; very bad.
  • * 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) Chapter 23
  • "My greatest wish now," she added, "is to get back to Kansas, for Aunt Em will surely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her put on mourning; and unless the crops are better this year than they were last, I am sure Uncle Henry cannot afford it."
  • *, chapter=17
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 10, author=Marc Higginson, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Bolton 1-2 Aston Villa , passage=After a dreadful performance in the opening 45 minutes, they upped their game after the break and might have taken at least a point from the match.}}

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "dreadful" is often applied: day, night, state, news, time, secret, storm, mistake, accident, story, dream, havoc, truth, loss, act, life, thought, creature, curse, suffering.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shocking or sensational crime.
  • A shocking or sensational report of a crime.
  • Derived terms

    * penny dreadful

    References

    * (EtymOnLine)

    festy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Australia, slang) Disgusting.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
  • , title=I'm able to admit it when I fuck up , group=aus.politics , author=Brian S , date=September 10 , year=1997 , passage=God knows I've had my fair share of festy flatmates who started out all sweetness and light... :) citation
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
  • , title=Wheres My Bangles Track!!!? , group=aus.culture.gothic , author=Hobbes , date=June 14 , year=2000 , passage=I wish I went to Blue Monday, I wanna go back to Wall St, I miss Wall St damnit.  The sucken dancefloor, the space under the pin ball machine, the festy toilets, the railings, the venue. citation
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
  • , title=[MELB] Come live with me... , group=aus.culture.gothic , author=solitaire , date=August 28 , year=2000 , passage=So, the festy scrag is packing up and pissing off... citation
  • Very bad, dreadful.
  • Etymology 2

    From

    Noun

    (festies)
  • A festival.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
  • , title=CHAOS ENGINE SPAMBLAST, 26/07/02 , group=alt.gothic.music , author=Lee H , date=July 26 , year=2002 , passage=Keeping that festy vibe going, we've just been promoted to headline act for the REBIRTH festival this weekend in Cardiff! citation