plågsam

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Swedish

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Etymology

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plåga +‎ -sam. Attested since 1712. Compare Danish plagsom. See also English plaguesome.

Adjective

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plågsam (comparative plågsammare, superlative plågsammast)

  1. causing or associated with moderately severe or worse suffering (usually physical pain); painful, agonizing, (in the agonizing sense) excruciating
    plågsamma djurförsök
    painful (causing significant pain) animal testing
    en plågsam sjukdom
    a painful disease

Usage notes

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More painful-sounding compared to "painful" by default, but not necessarily (though sometimes) of excruciating pain.

Declension

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Inflection of plågsam
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular plågsam plågsammare plågsammast
Neuter singular plågsamt plågsammare plågsammast
Plural plågsamma plågsammare plågsammast
Masculine plural3 plågsamme plågsammare plågsammast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 plågsamme plågsammare plågsammaste
All plågsamma plågsammare plågsammaste
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

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