ikävä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bad adj Of low quality, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.
- ennui noun A weary, dissatisfied boredom that comes from having nothing that feels worth doing.
- longing noun A strong, often wistful desire for something.
- lust noun A strong feeling of desire, especially sexual desire.
- mundane adj Ordinary and unremarkable; part of everyday routine rather than exciting or unusual.
- pity noun A feeling of sorrow or sympathy for someone else's suffering.
- prosaic adj Plain, ordinary, or dull, lacking imagination or excitement.
- tedious adj Boring and drawn out, especially because it takes a long time or is repetitive.
- yearning noun A deep, wistful longing for something.
Senses
ikävä is used for these senses in English:
- bad Bold, daring, and tough.
- bad (semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- bad (US) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- bad (originally, _, AAVE, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- bad (Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
- bad (chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.
- ennui A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.
- longing An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
bad — full definition
- adj Of low quality, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.
- adj Morally wrong or wicked.
- adj Not functioning correctly, spoiled, or faulty.
- adj Severe or serious in degree.
- adj Informally, excellent, impressive, or admirably tough (a slang meaning that flips the usual sense).