missunnsam

Swedish

Etymology

From missunna (“begrudge”) +‎ -sam (“-some”).

Adjective

missunnsam (comparative missunnsammare, superlative missunnsammast)

1. grudging, jaundiced ((often) begrudging the success of someone else, not "granting" them their success)

Declension

Inflection of missunnsam
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	missunnsam	missunnsammare	missunnsammast
Neuter singular	missunnsamt	missunnsammare	missunnsammast
Plural	missunnsamma	missunnsammare	missunnsammast
Masculine plural3	missunnsamme	missunnsammare	missunnsammast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	missunnsamme	missunnsammare	missunnsammaste
All	missunnsamma	missunnsammare	missunnsammaste
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

Derived terms

• missunnsamhet c

See also

• avundsjuk

References

• missunnsam in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• missunnsam in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)