vidrig

Swedish

Etymology

From German widrig (“adverse”). Compare Dutch wederig.

Adjective

vidrig (comparative vidrigare, superlative vidrigast)

1. disgusting, repulsive, vile (very disgusting, concretely or more abstractly)

   en vidrig varelse

   a disgusting creature

   vidriga förhörsmetoder

   vile interrogation techniques

2. (as part of compound words) in violation of

Declension

Inflection of vidrig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	vidrig	vidrigare	vidrigast
neuter singular	vidrigt	vidrigare	vidrigast
plural	vidriga	vidrigare	vidrigast
masculine plural2	vidrige	vidrigare	vidrigast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	vidrige	vidrigare	vidrigaste
all	vidriga	vidrigare	vidrigaste

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.

Synonyms

• avskyvärd
• vedervärdig

Derived terms

• begreppsvidrig
• folkrättsvidrig
• författningsvidrig
• förnuftsvidrig
• grundlagsvidrig
• kontraktsvidrig
• lagvidrig
• miljövidrig
• naturvidrig
• principvidrig
• regelvidrig
• reglementsvidrig
• rättsvidrig
• språkvidrig
• stadgevidrig
• stilvidrig
• vider
• vidrighet

References

• vidrig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vidrig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vidrig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• vidrig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)