obehaglig

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

o- +‎ behaglig

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

obehaglig

unpleasant, uncomfortable, uneasy, "mentally unpleasant"
Antonym: behaglig

en obehaglig känsla av att något är fel
an uneasy feeling that something is wrong

Han är obehaglig
He makes me feel uneasy / (in that sense) is unpleasant

Vissa tycker spindlar är obehagliga
Some people find spiders unpleasant/creepy

Smärta är obehagligt
Pain is unpleasant

Usage notes edit

Though not a natural translation, "mentally unpleasant" is close in meaning. Obehaglig describes the unpleasant sensation itself and does not imply (nor exclude) a (strong) reaction in the way that words like disturbing and disgusting often do.

Declension edit

Inflection of obehaglig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	obehaglig	obehagligare	obehagligast
Neuter singular	obehagligt	obehagligare	obehagligast
Plural	obehagliga	obehagligare	obehagligast
Masculine plural³	obehaglige	obehagligare	obehagligast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	obehaglige	obehagligare	obehagligaste
All	obehagliga	obehagligare	obehagligaste
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