Skip to the article
Ordpar Norwegian–English dictionary

Article view Home

ussel

adjectiveadjektiv

despicable, contemptible · wretched, miserable, measly · poorly, out of sorts

EtymologyOpphav

samme opprinnelse som usælnasty, repulsive same origin as usælnasty, repulsive

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. moralsk forkastelig eller uverdig;
    sjofeldespicable, smålig, tarvelig
    morally reprehensible or unworthy;
    despicablesjofel, petty, mean
    • en ussel handling a contemptible act
    • føle seg som en ussel tyv to feel like a wretched thief
  2. som er preget av små kår;
    elendig, fattigslig
    which is marked by straitened circumstances;
    wretched, miserable
    • usle kår wretched conditions
    • slite for en ussel lønn to toil for a miserable wage
    • selge noe for ti usle kroner to sell something for a measly ten kroner
  3. helsesvak, skral (1)poorly in poor health, poorlyskral (1)
    • kjenne seg ussel i formen to feel really out of sorts