fulsnygg
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ful (“ugly”) + snygg (“good-looking”). Compare Japanese ブサ可愛い.
Adjective
[edit]fulsnygg (comparative fulsnyggare, superlative fulsnyggast)
- physically or visually attractive despite possessing qualities usually considered ugly, physically or visually attractive in an unconventional way
- Benedict Cumberbatch har kallats fulsnygg
- Benedict Cumberbatch has been called "ugly-good-looking"
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of fulsnygg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | fulsnygg | — | — |
| Neuter singular | fulsnyggt | — | — |
| Plural | fulsnygga | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | fulsnygge | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | fulsnygge | — | — |
| All | fulsnygga | — | — |
| 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 | |||