"hisklig" meaning in All languages combined

See hisklig on Wiktionary

Adjective [Swedish]

Etymology: Used since at least 1648. The stem his- or hisk- is also found in the verb hisna + -lig Etymology templates: {{suffix|sv||lig}} + -lig Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|hiskligare|superlative|hiskligast|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} hisklig (comparative hiskligare, superlative hiskligast), {{sv-adj}} hisklig (comparative hiskligare, superlative hiskligast) Forms: hiskligare [comparative], hiskligast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], hisklig [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], hiskligare [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], hiskligast [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], hiskligt [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], hiskligare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], hiskligast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], hiskliga [indefinite, plural, positive], hiskligare [comparative, indefinite, plural], hiskligast [indefinite, plural, superlative], hisklige [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], hiskligare [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], hiskligast [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], hisklige [definite, masculine, positive, singular], hiskligare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], hiskligaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], hiskliga [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], hiskligare [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], hiskligaste [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. terrible, horrible, awful, frightful (causing great (mental) discomfort) Synonyms (frightful): hemsk, förskräcklig, förfärlig, gräslig, faslig, ryslig
    Sense id: en-hisklig-sv-adj-HRtlsD3P Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms suffixed with -lig Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Swedish terms suffixed with -lig: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'frightful': 97 3
  2. (by extension) tremendous Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-hisklig-sv-adj-hVVbe8Xm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hiskelig [common] Related terms: hisklighet

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for hisklig meaning in All languages combined (4.5kB)

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