livrädd

Swedish

Etymology

liv (“life”) +‎ rädd (“scared”)

Adjective

livrädd (not comparable)

  1. terrified, scared to death
    Jag var livrädd för monstret i filmen när jag var liten
    I was terrified of the monster in the movie as a child

Usage notes

Extremely frightened generally, not necessarily fearing for one's life.

Declension

Inflection of livrädd
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular livrädd — —
neuter singular livrätt — —
plural livrädda — —
masculine plural2 livrädde — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 livrädde — —
all livrädda — —

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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