tjurig

Swedish

Adjective

tjurig (comparative tjurigare, superlative tjurigast)

  1. grumpy, sulky, petulant (like for example a stubbornly uncooperative angry child)

Declension
Inflection of tjurig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tjurig tjurigare tjurigast
Neuter singular tjurigt tjurigare tjurigast
Plural tjuriga tjurigare tjurigast
Masculine plural3 tjurige tjurigare tjurigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tjurige tjurigare tjurigaste
All tjuriga tjurigare tjurigaste
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
  • tjurskallig (“bullheaded”) (though that meaning is pretty distinct)

References
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