avskyvärd

Swedish

Etymology

From avsky (“detest”) +‎ -värd (“-worthy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɑːvɧʏˌvɛːrd/

Adjective

avskyvärd (comparative avskyvärdare, superlative avskyvärdast)

  1. vile, despicable, detestable
    Åter till Avskyvärld
    Return to Plain Awful (translation of a Don Rosa Disney comic, with a pun on värld (“world”))

Declension

Inflection of avskyvärd
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular avskyvärd avskyvärdare avskyvärdast
neuter singular avskyvärt avskyvärdare avskyvärdast
plural avskyvärda avskyvärdare avskyvärdast
masculine plural2 avskyvärde avskyvärdare avskyvärdast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 avskyvärde avskyvärdare avskyvärdaste
all avskyvärda avskyvärdare avskyvärdaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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