illröd

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ill- +‎ röd

Adjective[edit]

illröd (not comparable)

  1. bright red
    Synonym: högröd
    bli illröd i ansiktet av ilska
    turn red in the face with anger

Usage notes[edit]

Often of a face, for example from anger or embarrassment.

Declension[edit]

Inflection of illröd
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular illröd
Neuter singular illrött
Plural illröda
Masculine plural3 illröde
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 illröde
All illröda
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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