Swedish adjective

avskyvärd

loathsome, abominable, detestable/²ɑːvɧʏˌvɛːrd/

Meaning

loathsome, abominable, detestable

In Swedish: vedervärdig, förhatlig

Forms

Forms of avskyvärd
Basic form	avskyvärd	with en-words
Neuter	avskyvärt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	avskyvärda	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	avskyvärdare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	avskyvärdast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does avskyvärd mean?

avskyvärd in a sentence

Åter till Avskyvärld
Return to Plain Awful (translation of a Don Rosa Disney comic, with a pun on värld (“world”))

Questions

What does avskyvärd mean in English?

avskyvärd means “loathsome, abominable, detestable”.

Similar words

vederstyggliggräsligvidrigfruktansvärdmotbjudandevedervärdigäcklig

Origin

From avsky (“detest”) + -värd (“-worthy”).

Nearby common words

avskyvärd is number 5,540 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,536girighet greed
5,537grevinna a countess
5,538stöda support (to keep from falling), support (to back a cause, party etc. mentally or with concrete aid)
5,539mjukt softly
5,541avundas envy
5,542exotisk exotic
5,543separat special, separate
5,544dårhus madhouse

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary