sweertadj.
/swɪət/, U.S. /swɪ(ə)rt/, Scottish English /swirt/ Scottish.
= sweer adj. 3, 4.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adjective]
argha1000
slowOE
unwillyc1200
sweera1300
unfain1338
loathc1374
dangerousc1386
eschewc1386
squeamous1387
obstinate?a1439
unpresta1500
ill-willing?1520
evil-willing1525
untowards1525
untowarda1530
unwilling1533
strange1548
ill-willed1549
dainty1553
relucting1553
squeamish?1553
nicea1560
loathful1561
coyish1566
coy1576
unhearty1583
costive1594
unready1595
tarrowinga1598
undisposed1597
involuntary1598
backward1600
retrograde1602
unpregnant1604
scrupulous1608
unprone1611
refractory1614
behindhanda1616
nilling1620
backwards1627
shya1628
retractable1632
reluctant1638
loughta1641
tendera1641
unapt1640
uninclinable1640
unbeteaming1642
boggling1645
averse1646
indisposed1646
aversant1657
incomposed1660
disinclined1703
unobliging1707
unconsenting1713
uninclined1729
tenacious1766
disinclinable1769
ill-disposed1771
unaffectioned1788
scruplesomec1800
back-handed1817
sweert1817
tharf1828
backward in coming forward1830
unvoluntary1834
misinclined1837
squeamy1838
balky1847
retractive1869
grudging1874
tharfish1876
unwishful1876
safety first1917
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adjective]
sweerc725
foridledc1230
idlea1300
faintc1325
recrayed1340
slewful1340
nicea1398
sleuthya1400
delicate?c1400
sleuthfulc1400
slothfulc1400
sloth1412
lurdanc1480
luskinga1500
luskish15..
droning1509
bumbard?a1513
slottery1513
desidiousa1540
lazy1549
slovening1549
truanta1550
sleuth1567
litherly1573
truantly1579
dronish1580
lubberly1580
truant-like1583
shiftless1584
sluggard1594
fat1598
lusky1604
sweatless1606
clumse1611
easeful1611
loselly1611
do-littlea1613
sluggardisha1627
pigritious1638
drony1653
murcid1656
thokisha1682
shammockinga1704
indolent1710
huddroun1721
nothing-doing1724
desidiose1727
lusk1775
slack-twisted1794
sweert1817
bone-lazya1825
lurgy1828
straight-backed1830
do-nothing1832
slobbish1833
bone idle1836
slouch1837
lotophagous1841
shammocky1841
bein1847
thoky1847
lotus-eating1852
fainéant1855
sluggardly1865
lazy-boned1875
do-naught1879
easy-going1879
lazyish1892
slobbed1962
1817 Lintoun Green in R. Brown Comic Poems Errata 167 Sweered, yet willing.
1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. iv. 39 He maun tak what the doctor sends him..but 'tweel he's very sweered to tak them whiles, tho' I'm sure muckle money they cost.
1870 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) p. xv A man sae sure o' Heaven and sae sweert to be gaing taet.
1885 W. Black White Heather xx I was sweirt to trouble his lordship with my small affairs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1817- to fall upon one's legs
- to fall upon receptive ears
- to fall upon stint
- to fall upon the ear
- to fall upon the town
- to fall upon understanding ears
- to fall victim to
- to fall with
- to fall with bairn
- to fall with child
- to fall with one's nose in the butter
- to fall, come to the ground, sit between two stools
- to fall, get, go to loggerheads
- to fall, go, kneel, lie, set oneself, sit down on one's knees
- to fall, go, kneel, lie, set oneself, sit down on one's knees on knee(s
- to fall, lie in occasionally of swoon
- to fall, lie in occasionally on swoon
- to fall, lie in swoon
- to fall, lull, lay asleep
- to fall, lull, lay bring obs asleep
- to fall, run to mind
- to false
- to false a blow
- to false a doom
- to falsify a doom