äcklig

== Swedish == === Etymology === From äckel +‎ -lig. Cognate with German eklig and Norwegian Nynorsk ekkel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ɛklɪ(ɡ)/ === Adjective === äcklig (comparative äckligare, superlative äckligast) disgusting (evoking a queasy feeling of disgust, like something potentially contagious, sometimes more or less figuratively), (except not informal) gross icky (of food) yucky Antonym: god ==== Usage notes ==== Äcklig is a good translation of disgusting when a queasy feeling is implied. In other cases, a word like vidrig, motbjudande, or hemsk is often better. Can also be thought of as icky/yucky/gross with the tone of disgusting. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== äckel (“disgust”) äckla (“to disgust”) ==== See also ==== avskyvärd frånstötande läbbig motbjudande snuskig (“gross”) vidrig === References === “äcklig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “äcklig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)