tjurig

Swedish

Adjective

tjurig (comparative tjurigare, superlative tjurigast)

  1. grumpy, sulky, petulant (like for example a stubbornly uncooperative angry child)

Declension

Inflection of tjurig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tjurig tjurigare tjurigast
neuter singular tjurigt tjurigare tjurigast
plural tjuriga tjurigare tjurigast
masculine plural2 tjurige tjurigare tjurigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tjurige tjurigare tjurigaste
all tjuriga tjurigare tjurigaste

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.

See also

  • tjurskallig (“bullheaded”) (though that meaning is pretty distinct)

References

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