snöplig
Swedish
Adjective
snöplig (comparative snöpligare, superlative snöpligast)
- surprising and disappointing, surprisingly bad
- Världsmästaren vrickade foten under tävlingen och slutade på en snöplig femteplats
- The world champion twisted his ankle during the competition and finished in a disappointing fifth place
- (archaic) ignominious, inglorious, shameful
- Synonyms: förarglig, försmädlig, retfull
Declension
| Inflection of snöplig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | snöplig | snöpligare | snöpligast |
| Neuter singular | snöpligt | snöpligare | snöpligast |
| Plural | snöpliga | snöpligare | snöpligast |
| Masculine plural3 | snöplige | snöpligare | snöpligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | snöplige | snöpligare | snöpligaste |
| All | snöpliga | snöpligare | snöpligaste |
| 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 | |||
See also
References
- snöplig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- snöplig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- snöplig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- snöplig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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