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swere

swere 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 swere

comparativemore swere
superlativemost swere

Questions about swere

What is swere the alternative form of?
Swere is the alternative form of sweer.

Words near swere in the dictionary

  1. sweptback
  2. sweptwing
  3. SWER
  4. swerd
  5. Swerdloff
  6. swere
  7. swerf
  8. Swerford
  9. swerfs
  10. SWERFy
  11. Swerga

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swere (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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