svettig

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Swedish

Etymology

svett +‎ -ig

Adjective

svettig (comparative svettigare, superlative svettigast)

  1. sweaty
  2. (figuratively, slang) forced, strained, a bit much, etc.
    ett svettigt argument
    a strained argument

Declension

Inflection of svettig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular svettig svettigare svettigast
neuter singular svettigt svettigare svettigast
plural svettiga svettigare svettigast
masculine plural2 svettige svettigare svettigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 svettige svettigare svettigaste
all svettiga svettigare svettigaste

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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