Meanings
comparative more sweer · superlative most sweer · alternative swear · alternative sweir · alternative swere
- UKdialectalHeavy.
- UKdialectalReluctant; unwilling; disinclined.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swer-“heavy”
- Proto-Germanic*swēraz
- Proto-West Germanic*swār
- Old Englishswǣr
- Middle Englishswere
- Englishsweer
From Middle English swere, sware, from Old English swǣr, swār (“heavy, of great weight, oppressive, grievous, painful, unpleasant, great, sad, feeling or expressing grief, grave, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolent, inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak”), from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, *swērijaz (“heavy”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”).
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sweer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweer
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