sweer

Meaning

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

Synonyms

reluctant

involuntary

loath

loth

Translations

peu disposé

restio

afkerig

met tegenzin

onwillig

ongenegen

niet geneigd

riluttante

poc disposat

meyilsiz

reaci

widerwillig

απρόθυμος

στρυφνός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/swɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: swere

Inherited from 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”).