Swedish adjective

gräslig

tasteless, shocking, awful, ugly

Meaning

tasteless; shocking; awful; ugly

In Swedish: hemsk, ohygglig, förskräcklig; mycket ful

Forms

Forms of gräslig
Basic form	gräslig	with en-words
Neuter	gräsligt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	gräsliga	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	gräsligare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	gräsligast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does gräslig mean?

gräslig in a sentence

en gräslig klänning
a hideous dress
en gräslig historia
a shocking story
en gräslig bok – dåligt skriven, uppblåst och full av klichéer
an awful book – badly written, pompous and full of clichés
en gräslig kvinna
a dreadful [very unpleasant] woman
Mördarens redogörelse för mordet är gräslig läsning
The killer's account of the murder is harrowing [dreadful, implied due to being upsetting] reading
Det var en gräslig slips!
That's an awful tie!
en gräslig tavla
a ghastly [very ugly] painting
Hans gitarr låter gräsligt
His guitar sounds awful [has a very ugly sound]

Questions

What does gräslig mean in English?

gräslig means “tasteless, shocking”.

Nearby common words

gräslig is number 7,262 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

7,258sändebud messenger, envoy
7,259tick tick (quiet but sharp sound)
7,260svarting blacky, darkey (person with dark skin)
7,261stega stride, step out
7,263skeptisk skeptical (US), sceptical
7,264desarmera to disarm, to defuse (a bomb or the like, or figuratively)
7,265serienummer a serial number
7,266barnunge a (small) child, someone immature, a baby

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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