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illröd

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Swedish

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Etymology

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ill- +‎ röd

Adjective

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illröd (not comparable)

  1. bright red
    Synonym: högröd
    bli illröd i ansiktet av ilska
    turn red in the face with anger

Usage notes

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Often of a face, for example from anger or embarrassment.

Declension

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Inflection of illröd
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular illröd
neuter singular illrött
plural illröda
masculine plural2 illröde
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 illröde
all illröda

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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