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 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

Usage notes
  • Both SAOL and SAOB list hisklig as the main entry, with hiskelig as a colloquial version. On the web, hiskelig is twice as common.

Declension
Inflection of hisklig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hisklig hiskligare hiskligast
Neuter singular hiskligt hiskligare hiskligast
Plural hiskliga hiskligare hiskligast
Masculine plural3 hisklige hiskligare hiskligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hisklige hiskligare hiskligaste
All hiskliga hiskligare hiskligaste
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

Synonyms
  • hisklighet

References
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