No. 8,508 in Swedish
besk
Bitter.
In a sentence
Teet var lite för besk för min smak.
The tea was a bit too bitter for my taste.
The adjective 'besk' describes the taste of the tea as bitter.
Dikten har en besk underton, som visar poetens frustration.
The poem has a bitter undertone, reflecting the poet's frustration.
The adjective 'besk' is used metaphorically to describe the tone of the poem as bitter.
Han tog nyheten med ett beskt leende.
He received the news with a bitter smile.
The adjective 'beskt' is used in modified form to describe the nature of the smile, showing a bittersweet emotion.
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