avskyvärd

Swedish

Etymology

From avsky (“detest”) ‎ -värd (“-worthy”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²ɑːvɧʏˌvɛːrd/

Adjective

avskyvärd (comparative avskyvärdare, superlative avskyvärdast)

vile, despicable, detestable
Åter till Avskyvärld
Return to Plain Awful (translation of a Don Rosa Disney comic, with a pun on värld (“world”))

Declension

Inflection of **avskyvärd**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	avskyvärd	avskyvärdare	avskyvärdast
neuter singular	avskyvärt	avskyvärdare	avskyvärdast
plural	avskyvärda	avskyvärdare	avskyvärdast
masculine plural²	avskyvärde	avskyvärdare	avskyvärdast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	avskyvärde	avskyvärdare	avskyvärdaste
all	avskyvärda	avskyvärdare	avskyvärdaste

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.

Related terms

avskyvärdhet c (noun)

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