sweer

adj
/swɪə(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”).

  1. derived from *swer- — “heavy
  2. inherited from *swēraz
  3. inherited from *swār
  4. inherited from swǣr
  5. inherited from swere

Definitions

  1. Heavy.

  2. Dull

    Dull; indolent; lazy.

  3. Reluctant

    Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA