Noun: avsky
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | avsky |
| Sg. Def. | avskyn |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | avskys |
| Sg. Def. | avskyns |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like avsky
kålrabbi,
assamesiska,
kundservice,
livsglädje,
farmakologi,
urologi,
urofili,
snöyra,
uppståndelse,
smegma,
skälva,
sodomi,
javanska,
sharia,
skumpa,
förintelseförnekelse,
upplysningsfilosofi,
kristallografi,
krimtatariska,
gerontofili, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From av- + sky (“to shun”). Compare German Abscheu and verabscheuen, Danish afsky, Dutch afschuw. See: German Nouns '
Abscheu', Danish Nouns '
afsky', Dutch Nouns '
afschuw'.
Verbs referencing "avsky"
Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
avsky, Dutch Nouns
afschuw, German Nouns
Abscheu.
Translations
abhor, to regard with horror or detestation
abominate, to feel disgust towards, to hate in the highest degree
detest, to dislike intensely
hate, to dislike intensely