plågsam

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Swedish

Etymology

plåga +‎ -sam. Attested since 1712. Compare Danish plagsom. See also English plaguesome.

Adjective

plågsam (comparative plågsammare, superlative plågsammast)

  1. causing or associated with moderately severe or worse suffering (usually physical pain); painful, agonizing, (in the agonizing sense) excruciating
    plågsamma djurförsök
    painful (causing significant pain) animal testing
    en plågsam sjukdom
    a painful disease

Usage notes

More painful-sounding compared to "painful" by default, but not necessarily (though sometimes) of excruciating pain.

Declension

Inflection of plågsam
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular plågsam plågsammare plågsammast
neuter singular plågsamt plågsammare plågsammast
plural plågsamma plågsammare plågsammast
masculine plural2 plågsamme plågsammare plågsammast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 plågsamme plågsammare plågsammaste
all plågsamma plågsammare plågsammaste

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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