Swedish adjective

bedrövlig

deplorable, miserable, pitiful, wretched

Meaning

deplorable; miserable; pitiful; wretched

In Swedish: som man blir nedstämd av, sorglig

Forms

Forms of bedrövlig
Basic form	bedrövlig	with en-words
Neuter	bedrövligt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	bedrövliga	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	bedrövligare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	bedrövligast	“-est”, “most …”

Practise bedrövlig

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What does bedrövlig mean?

bedrövlig in a sentence

en bedrövlig syn
a pitiful sight
en bedrövlig historia
a disgraceful tale

Questions

What does bedrövlig mean in English?

bedrövlig means “deplorable, miserable”.

Origin

bedröva + -lig

Nearby common words

bedrövlig is number 7,841 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

7,837kränka insult, violate
7,838slöt closed, concluded
7,839riv intensity, feistiness, abrasion, abrasiveness
7,840artificiell artificial, false
7,842bomull cotton
7,843lemonad lemonade
7,844jam meow (sound of a cat)
7,845handboja handcuff

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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