fulsnygg

Swedish

Etymology

From ful (ugly) + snygg (good-looking). Compare Japanese ブサ可愛い.

Adjective

fulsnygg (comparative fulsnyggare, superlative fulsnyggast)

  1. physically or visually attractive despite possessing qualities usually considered ugly, physically or visually attractive in an unconventional way
    Benedict Cumberbatch har kallats fulsnygg
    Benedict Cumberbatch has been called "ugly-good-looking"

Declension

Inflection of fulsnygg
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular fulsnygg
Neuter singular fulsnyggt
Plural fulsnygga
Masculine plural3 fulsnygge
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 fulsnygge
All fulsnygga
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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