ruggig
Swedish
Adjective
ruggig (comparative ruggigare, superlative ruggigast)
- frightening or discomforting
- Synonyms: (colloquial) läbbig, läskig, ruskig, skrämmande
- En ruggig skräckfilm
- A scary horror movie
- Det var riktigt ruggigt att vara på olycksplatsen direkt efter olyckan
- It was really disturbing to be at the site right after the accident
- (colloquial) great
- En ruggig talang
- A (scarily) great talent
- Ruggig fart
- Very (scarily) high speed
- (of weather) cold and unpleasant
- Det är ruggigt ute
- The weather outside is cold and unpleasant
- rugged, rough, matted, tangled, (of birds) ruffled
- (figurative) out of sorts (and feeling a bit chilly)
Usage notes
A more literal translation of "riktigt ruggigt" in the second example in (sense 1) would be "really uncomfortable." See the usage notes at obehaglig, which is what it's trying to convey. You may find something ruggigt while being calm.
Declension
| Inflection of ruggig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | ruggig | ruggigare | ruggigast |
| Neuter singular | ruggigt | ruggigare | ruggigast |
| Plural | ruggiga | ruggigare | ruggigast |
| Masculine plural3 | ruggige | ruggigare | ruggigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | ruggige | ruggigare | ruggigaste |
| All | ruggiga | ruggigare | ruggigaste |
| 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
- ruggighet (“ruggigness”)
See also
- rugga (“to molt”)
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