vämjelig
Swedish
Adjective
vämjelig (comparative vämjeligare, superlative vämjeligast)
- disgusting, foul, rank (especially of a smell, sometimes figuratively)
- en vämjelig lukt
- a foul smell
- en vämjelig anklagelse
- a vile accusation
Usage notes
Undertones of being nauseating.
Declension
| Inflection of vämjelig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | vämjelig | vämjeligare | vämjeligast |
| Neuter singular | vämjeligt | vämjeligare | vämjeligast |
| Plural | vämjeliga | vämjeligare | vämjeligast |
| Masculine plural3 | vämjelige | vämjeligare | vämjeligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | vämjelige | vämjeligare | vämjeligaste |
| All | vämjeliga | vämjeligare | vämjeligaste |
| 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
- vämjelighet
References
- vämjelig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vämjelig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vämjelig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)