misstänksam

Swedish

Etymology

From misstänka (“to suspect”) +‎ -sam (“-some”, adjective-forming suffix). Compare Norwegian Bokmål mistenksom, Danish mistænksom.

Adjective

misstänksam (comparative misstänksammare, superlative misstänksammast)

  1. suspicious (harbouring suspicions; liable to suspect; distrustful)

Declension
Inflection of misstänksam
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular misstänksam misstänksammare misstänksammast
Neuter singular misstänksamt misstänksammare misstänksammast
Plural misstänksamma misstänksammare misstänksammast
Masculine plural3 misstänksamme misstänksammare misstänksammast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 misstänksamme misstänksammare misstänksammaste
All misstänksamma misstänksammare misstänksammaste
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

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