hotfull

Swedish

Etymology

hot (“threat”) +‎ -full (“-full”)

Adjective

hotfull (comparative hotfullare, superlative hotfullast)

threatening
Mannen uppträdde hotfullt
The man behaved in a threatening manner
menacing
en hotfull blick
a menacing look
ominous

Usage notes

Comparative and superlative are also commonly constructed by mer and mest, respectively

Inflection

Inflection of **hotfull**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	hotfull	hotfullare	hotfullast
neuter singular	hotfullt	hotfullare	hotfullast
plural	hotfulla	hotfullare	hotfullast
masculine plural²	hotfulle	hotfullare	hotfullast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	hotfulle	hotfullare	hotfullaste
all	hotfulla	hotfullare	hotfullaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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