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sweir

sweir is the alternative form of sweer.

Meaning of sweer

Adjective

sweer (comparative more sweer, superlative most sweer)

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

Forms of sweir

comparativemore sweir
superlativemost sweir

Questions about sweir

What is sweir the alternative form of?
Sweir is the alternative form of sweer.

Words near sweir in the dictionary

  1. sweights
  2. swein
  3. sweinmote
  4. sweinmotes
  5. sweins
  6. sweir
  7. Sweis
  8. Sweises
  9. Sweitzer
  10. Sweitzers
  11. Swekoman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sweir (page history and authors); sweer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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