hisklig
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Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- hiskelig (more common)
Etymology
[edit]Used since at least 1648. The stem his- or hisk- is also found in the verb hisna + -lig
Adjective
[edit]hisklig (comparative hiskligare, superlative hiskligast)
- terrible, horrible, awful, frightful (causing great (mental) discomfort)
- Vi hade en hiskelig otur
- We had terribly bad luck
- Han ser hiskelig ut
- He looks hideous
- Han tyckte skräckfilmen var rent hiskelig
- He thought the horror movie was downright horrifying
- Det senaste året har oljepriset visat en hisklig berg-och-dalbanefärd
- In the last year, the oil price has shown a frightful roller coaster ride
- (by extension) tremendous
- köra i hiskelig fart
- drive at a breakneck speed
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of hisklig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hisklig | hiskligare | hiskligast |
| Neuter singular | hiskligt | hiskligare | hiskligast |
| Plural | hiskliga | hiskligare | hiskligast |
| Masculine plural3 | hisklige | hiskligare | hiskligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hisklige | hiskligare | hiskligaste |
| All | hiskliga | hiskligare | hiskligaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||