sweer in English

IPA: /swɪə(ɹ)/ Forms: more sweer [comparative], most sweer [superlative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swere}} Middle English swere, {{m|enm|sware}} sware, {{inh|en|ang|swǣr}} Old English swǣr, {{m|ang|swār|t=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}} 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”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swār}} Proto-West Germanic *swār, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swēraz}} Proto-Germanic *swēraz, {{m|gem-pro|*swērijaz|t=heavy}} *swērijaz (“heavy”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*swer-|t=heavy}} Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} sweer (comparative more sweer, superlative most sweer)

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        "3": "swere"
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        "(UK dialectal) Heavy."
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        "(UK dialectal) Dull; indolent; lazy."
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      "glosses": [
        "Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined."
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        "(UK dialectal) Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined."
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      "ipa": "/swɪə(ɹ)/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
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      "word": "swear"
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      "word": "sweir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "swere"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sweer"
}

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    {
      "form": "more sweer",
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most sweer",
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        "superlative"
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        "Heavy."
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        "(UK dialectal) Heavy."
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      "glosses": [
        "Dull; indolent; lazy."
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          "indolent",
          "indolent"
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          "lazy",
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        "(UK dialectal) Dull; indolent; lazy."
      ],
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        "UK",
        "dialectal"
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        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms"
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      "glosses": [
        "Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined."
      ],
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          "reluctant"
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          "unwilling",
          "unwilling"
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          "disinclined",
          "disinclined"
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        "(UK dialectal) Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined."
      ],
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        "UK",
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      "ipa": "/swɪə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
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    {
      "word": "swear"
    },
    {
      "word": "sweir"
    },
    {
      "word": "swere"
    }
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"sweer" meaning in English

Adjective