hisklig

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Used since at least 1648. The stem his- or hisk- is also found in the verb hisna +‎ -lig

Adjective

hisklig (comparative hiskligare, superlative hiskligast)

  1. 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
  2. (by extension) tremendous
    köra i hiskelig fart
    drive at a breakneck speed

Declension

Inflection of hisklig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular hisklig hiskligare hiskligast
neuter singular hiskligt hiskligare hiskligast
plural hiskliga hiskligare hiskligast
masculine plural2 hisklige hiskligare hiskligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 hisklige hiskligare hiskligaste
all hiskliga hiskligare hiskligaste

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.

Synonyms

  • hisklighet

References

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