snöplig

Swedish

Etymology

snöpa +‎ -lig

Adjective

snöplig (comparative snöpligare, superlative snöpligast)

  1. surprising and disappointing, surprisingly bad
    Världsmästaren vrickade foten under tävlingen och slutade på en snöplig femteplats
    The world champion twisted his ankle during the competition and finished in a disappointing fifth place
  2. (archaic) ignominious, inglorious, shameful
    Synonyms: förarglig, försmädlig, retfull

Declension

Inflection of snöplig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular snöplig snöpligare snöpligast
neuter singular snöpligt snöpligare snöpligast
plural snöpliga snöpligare snöpligast
masculine plural2 snöplige snöpligare snöpligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 snöplige snöpligare snöpligaste
all snöpliga snöpligare snöpligaste

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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