Swedish

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Etymology

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hån (mockery, scorn) +‎ -full (-ful)

Adjective

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hånfull (comparative hånfullare, superlative hånfullast)

  1. mocking, scornful
    en hånfull kommentar
    a mocking comment
    Hon tittade hånfullt på honom
    She looked at him with scorn

Declension

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Inflection of hånfull
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hånfull hånfullare hånfullast
Neuter singular hånfullt hånfullare hånfullast
Plural hånfulla hånfullare hånfullast
Masculine plural3 hånfulle hånfullare hånfullast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hånfulle hånfullare hånfullaste
All hånfulla hånfullare hånfullaste
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

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