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Unseemly vs Infamous - What's the difference?

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Unseemly is a related term of infamous.


As adjectives the difference between unseemly and infamous

is that unseemly is inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste while infamous is having a bad reputation, disreputable; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad.

unseemly

English

Alternative forms

* unsemely (archaic)

Adjective

(er)
  • Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.
    • He was drunk and made some very unseemly comments.
  • * Nathaniel Hawthorne
    • An unseemly outbreak of temper.
  • * '>citation

    • Antonyms

    * seemly

    Related terms

    * unseemliness

    See also

    * inappropriate

    infamous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having a bad reputation, disreputable; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad
    • He was an infamous traitor.
    He was an infamous perjurer.
  • causing infamy; disgraceful
    • This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.
  • (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.

    • Derived terms

    * infamously * infamousness * infamy

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary