gräslig

Swedish

Adjective

gräslig (comparative gräsligare, superlative gräsligast)

  1. awful, dreadful, very bad
    en gräslig bok – dåligt skriven, uppblåst och full av klichéer
    an awful book – badly written, pompous and full of clichés
    en gräslig kvinna
    a dreadful [very unpleasant] woman
    Mördarens redogörelse för mordet är gräslig läsning
    The killer's account of the murder is harrowing [dreadful, implied due to being upsetting] reading
    en gräslig historia
    a ghastly story [like above]
  2. having an awful appearance; awful, ghastly, etc.
    Det var en gräslig slips!
    That's an awful tie!
    en gräslig tavla
    a ghastly [very ugly] painting
    en gräslig klänning
    a hideous dress
    Hans gitarr låter gräsligt
    His guitar sounds awful [has a very ugly sound]

Declension

Inflection of gräslig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular gräslig gräsligare gräsligast
neuter singular gräsligt gräsligare gräsligast
plural gräsliga gräsligare gräsligast
masculine plural2 gräslige gräsligare gräsligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 gräslige gräsligare gräsligaste
all gräsliga gräsligare gräsligaste

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.

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