förbaskad

Swedish

Etymology

Euphemistic form of förbannad.

Adjective

förbaskad (not comparable)

  1. (mostly used predicatively) angry
    Han blev förbaskad
    He got angry
  2. (only used attributively) damned
    Nu krånglar den förbaskade datorn igen
    Now the damned computer is acting up again
  3. A curse.
    Förbaskat!
    Damnit!

Usage notes

Comparatively weak as curses go.

Declension

Inflection of förbaskad
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular förbaskad — —
neuter singular förbaskat — —
plural förbaskade — —
masculine plural2 förbaskade — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 förbaskade — —
all förbaskade — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Danish: forbasket
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: forbaska
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: forbasket

See also

  • arg (“angry”)

References

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