spydig
Swedish
Adjective
spydig (comparative spydigare, superlative spydigast)
- sarcastic in a nasty mocking way
- Han började ledsna på hans spydiga kommentarer
- He was getting tired of his sarcastic comments
Declension
| Inflection of spydig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | spydig | spydigare | spydigast |
| Neuter singular | spydigt | spydigare | spydigast |
| Plural | spydiga | spydigare | spydigast |
| Masculine plural3 | spydige | spydigare | spydigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | spydige | spydigare | spydigaste |
| All | spydiga | spydigare | spydigaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Related terms
- spydighet ("spydigness")
See also
- kaxig
- uppkäftig
- sarkastisk
- stöddig
References
- spydig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- spydig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- spydig in Svensk ordbok (SO)