spydig

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German spietich, from Old French despit, from Latin despectus. See also despekt.

Adjective

spydig (neuter spydigt, plural and definite singular attributive spydige)

  1. snide, sarcastic, bitchy
    Han er altid så spydig
    He is always so snide

Inflection

Inflection of spydig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular spydig mere spydig mest spydig2
indefinite neuter singular spydigt mere spydig mest spydig2
plural spydige mere spydig mest spydig2
definite attributive1 spydige mere spydig mest spydige

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Swedish

Adjective

spydig (comparative spydigare, superlative spydigast)

  1. sarcastic in a nasty mocking way, snide, snarky
    Han började ledsna på hans spydiga kommentarer
    He was getting tired of his sarcastic comments

Declension

Inflection of spydig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular spydig spydigare spydigast
neuter singular spydigt spydigare spydigast
plural spydiga spydigare spydigast
masculine plural2 spydige spydigare spydigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 spydige spydigare spydigaste
all spydiga spydigare spydigaste

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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