plågsam

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	Superlative2
Common singular	plågsam	plågsammare	plågsammast
Neuter singular	plågsamt	plågsammare	plågsammast
Plural	plågsamma	plågsammare	plågsammast
Masculine plural3	plågsamme	plågsammare	plågsammast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	plågsamme	plågsammare	plågsammaste
All	plågsamma	plågsammare	plågsammaste
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

Derived terms

• plågsamhet

See also

• smärtsam (“painful”)

References

• plågsam in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• plågsam in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• plågsam in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)