Unmentionable vs Beastly - What's the difference?
unmentionable | beastly | Related terms |
(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:
Unmentionable is a related term of beastly.
As adjectives the difference between unmentionable and beastly
is that unmentionable is not mentionable while beastly is (uk) pertaining to, or having the form, nature or habits of, a beast.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.