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zowerswopped

Syllables: zow·er·swoppedUK/ˈzaʊəswɒpt//ˈzaʊɚˌswɑpt/

zowerswopped adjective: synonym of bad-tempered.

Adjective

zowerswopped (comparative more zowerswopped, superlative most zowerswopped)

  1. (West-Country, Exmoor) Synonym of bad-tempered.
    • "Did he understand you?" said Campbell. "O yes, for he called out to his men in Dutchified French, and looked at me zowerswopped enough.[…]"1834, John Brent, chapter XIX, in Leitch Ritchie, editor, The Sea-Wolf. A Romance of “The Free Traders.” (The Library of Romance; XI), London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC, page 185
    • I'm even more zowerswopped because I don't know for sure yet if I'm heavy-footed.1993, Susan Kelz Sperling, Lost Words of Love, New York, N.Y.: C. Potter, →ISBN, page 50

Synonyms of zowerswopped

Forms of zowerswopped

comparativemore zowerswopped
superlativemost zowerswopped
alternative formzowerzapped
alternative formzower-zapped

Origin of zowerswopped

A dialectal form of sour-sapped (literally “being sour or foul-tempered to the core or marrow”).

Questions about zowerswopped

What does zowerswopped mean?
Zowerswopped means synonym of bad-tempered.
What part of speech is zowerswopped?
Zowerswopped is an adjective.
How do you pronounce zowerswopped?
Zowerswopped is pronounced /ˈzaʊəswɒpt/ (UK).

Words near zowerswopped in the dictionary

  1. zournas
  2. zournases
  3. Zoutpansberg
  4. zowee
  5. zower-zapped
  6. zowerswopped
  7. zowie
  8. zowl
  9. zowls
  10. zoxamide
  11. zoxazolamine

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