Meaning

5 senses

  1. (Northern England, Scotland)Heavy.

  2. (Northern England, Scotland)Top-heavy; too high.

  3. (Northern England, Scotland)Dull; lazy; slow.

  4. (Northern England, Scotland)Reluctant; unwilling.

  5. (Northern England, Scotland)Niggardly.

Examples

574 sentences

  1. I swear I don't know anything.

    Клянуся, я нічого не знаю. — deniko

    ruКлянусь, я ничего не знаю. — Olya

    deIch schwöre, dass ich nichts weiß! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I swear it's not my fault.

    Клянуся, це не моя провина. — deniko

    ruКлянусь, это не моя вина. — odexed

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  3. I don't like it when you swear.

    Мені не подобається, коли ти лаєшся. — deniko

    ruМне не нравится, когда ты ругаешься. — anutakay

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  4. Tom made me swear never to do that again.

    Том примусив мене поклястися, що я більше цього не робитиму. — deniko

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  5. Tom made me swear not to ever do that again.

    Том примусив мене поклястися, що я ніколи більше цього не робитиму. — deniko

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Origin

From Middle English swere, swer, swar, from Old English swǣr, swār (“heavy, heavy as a bur

From Middle English swere, swer, swar, from Old English swǣr, swār (“heavy, heavy as a burden, of great weight, oppressive, grievous, painful, unpleasant, 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 (“heavy”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”).

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Forms

swearer/more swear, swearest/most swear
Comparativeswearer / more swear Lesson
Superlativeswearest / most swear Lesson

regular

Synonyms

48 synonyms
massiveB1idleB2indolentC2inertB2lazyA1cheapA2closeA1meanA2miserableB1shabbyB2stingyB2tightA1massyweighty

Word family

1 related words
Derivedsweary

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

Collocations

3 patterns
  • how to swear
  • swear not to
  • to swear in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
swatswathswaysweatB1sweaterA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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