sweer

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (UK, dialectal) Heavy.
2. (UK, dialectal) Dull; indolent; lazy.
3. (UK, dialectal) Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined.

Sinonieme

reluctant

involuntary

loath

loth

Vertalings

peu disposé

restio

afkerig

met tegenzin

onwillig

ongenegen

niet geneigd

riluttante

poc disposat

meyilsiz

reaci

widerwillig

απρόθυμος

στρυφνός

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/swɪə(ɹ)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: swere

Geërf van Old English: swǣr

In summary

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”).