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Etymology edit

Used since at least 1648. The stem his- or hisk- is also found in the verb hisna +‎ -lig

Adjective edit

hisklig (comparative hiskligare, superlative hiskligast)

  1. terrible, horrible, awful, frightful (causing great (mental) discomfort)
    Vi hade en hiskelig otur
    We had terribly bad luck
    Han ser hiskelig ut
    He looks hideous
    Han tyckte skräckfilmen var rent hiskelig
    He thought the horror movie was downright horrifying
    Det senaste året har oljepriset visat en hisklig berg-och-dalbanefärd
    In the last year, the oil price has shown a frightful roller coaster ride
  2. (by extension) tremendous
    köra i hiskelig fart
    drive at a breakneck speed

Declension edit

Inflection of hisklig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hisklig hiskligare hiskligast
Neuter singular hiskligt hiskligare hiskligast
Plural hiskliga hiskligare hiskligast
Masculine plural3 hisklige hiskligare hiskligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hisklige hiskligare hiskligaste
All hiskliga hiskligare hiskligaste
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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