motsträvig
Swedish
Adjective
motsträvig (comparative motsträvigare, superlative motsträvigast)
- putting up resistance due to unwillingness to cooperate or go along with something; recalcitrant, uncooperative, stubborn
- en motsträvig fånge som vägrar svara på frågor
- an uncooperative prisoner who refuses to answer questions
- Synonym: (often more active resistance) motspänstig
Declension
| Inflection of motsträvig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | motsträvig | motsträvigare | motsträvigast |
| Neuter singular | motsträvigt | motsträvigare | motsträvigast |
| Plural | motsträviga | motsträvigare | motsträvigast |
| Masculine plural3 | motsträvige | motsträvigare | motsträvigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | motsträvige | motsträvigare | motsträvigaste |
| All | motsträviga | motsträvigare | motsträvigaste |
| 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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