vidrig

Swedish

Etymology

From German widrig (“adverse”). Compare Dutch wederig.

Adjective

vidrig (comparative vidrigare, superlative vidrigast)

  1. disgusting, repulsive, vile (very disgusting, concretely or more abstractly)
    en vidrig varelse
    a disgusting creature
    vidriga förhörsmetoder
    vile interrogation techniques
  2. (as part of compound words) in violation of

Declension

Inflection of vidrig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular vidrig vidrigare vidrigast
neuter singular vidrigt vidrigare vidrigast
plural vidriga vidrigare vidrigast
masculine plural2 vidrige vidrigare vidrigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 vidrige vidrigare vidrigaste
all vidriga vidrigare vidrigaste

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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