hotfull

Swedish

Etymology

hot (“threat”) +‎ -full (“-full”)

Adjective

hotfull (comparative hotfullare, superlative hotfullast)

  1. threatening
    Mannen uppträdde hotfullt
    The man behaved in a threatening manner
  2. menacing
    en hotfull blick
    a menacing look
  3. ominous

Usage notes

  • Comparative and superlative are also commonly constructed by mer and mest, respectively

Inflection

Inflection of hotfull
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular hotfull hotfullare hotfullast
neuter singular hotfullt hotfullare hotfullast
plural hotfulla hotfullare hotfullast
masculine plural2 hotfulle hotfullare hotfullast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 hotfulle hotfullare hotfullaste
all hotfulla hotfullare hotfullaste

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.

References

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