heavy

[ hev-ee ]

/ ˈhɛv i /

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adjective, heav·i·er, heav·i·est.

of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.

of great amount, quantity, or size; extremely large; massive: a heavy vote; a heavy snowfall.

of great force, intensity, turbulence, etc.: a heavy sea.

of more than the usual or average weight: a heavy person; heavy freight.

having much weight in proportion to bulk; being of high specific gravity: a heavy metal.

of major import; grave; serious: a heavy offense.

deep or intense; profound: a heavy thinker; heavy slumber.

Military.

thickly armed or equipped with guns of large size.Compare heavy cruiser.
(of guns) of the more powerful sizes: heavy weapons.Compare heavy artillery.

hard to bear; burdensome; harsh; oppressive: heavy taxes.

hard to cope with; trying; difficult: a heavy task.

being as indicated to an unusually great degree: a heavy buyer.

broad, thick, or coarse; not delicate: heavy lines drawn in charcoal.

weighted or laden: air heavy with moisture.

fraught; loaded; charged: words heavy with meaning.

depressed with trouble or sorrow; showing sorrow; sad: a heavy heart.

without vivacity or interest; ponderous; dull: a heavy style.

slow in movement or action; clumsy: a heavy walk.

loud and deep; sonorous: a heavy sound.

(of the sky) overcast or cloudy.

exceptionally dense in substance; insufficiently raised or leavened; thick: heavy doughnuts.

(of food) not easily digested.

being in a state of advanced pregnancy; nearing childbirth: heavy with child; heavy with young.

having a large capacity, capable of doing rough work, or having a large output: a heavy truck.

producing or refining basic materials, as steel or coal, used in manufacturing: heavy industry.

sober, serious, or somber: a heavy part in a drama.

Chemistry. of or relating to an isotope of greater than normal atomic weight, as heavy hydrogen or heavy oxygen, or to a compound containing such an element, as heavy water.

Slang.

very good; excellent.
very serious or important: a really heavy relationship.

Phonetics. (of a syllable)

noun, plural heav·ies.

a somber or ennobled theatrical role or character: Iago is the heavy in Othello.

the theatrical role of a villain.

an actor who plays a theatrical heavy.

Military. a gun of great weight or large caliber.

Slang. a very important or influential person: a reception for government heavies.

adverb

heavily.

Origin of heavy

before 900; Middle English hevi, Old English hefig, equivalent to hef(e) weight (akin to heave) + -ig -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR heavy

1 ponderous, massive, weighty.

5 dense.

9 onerous, grievous, cumbersome; difficult, severe.

14 Heavy, momentous, weighty refer to anything having a considerable amount of figurative weight. Heavy suggests the carrying of a figurative burden: words heavy with menace. Momentous emphasizes the idea of great and usually serious consequences: a momentous occasion, statement. Weighty, seldom used literally, refers to something heavy with importance, often concerned with public affairs, which may require deliberation and careful judgment: a weighty matter, problem.

15 gloomy, mournful, dejected, despondent, downcast, downhearted.

16 tedious, tiresome, wearisome, burdensome, boring.

17 sluggish, lumbering.

19 lowering, gloomy.

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OTHER WORDS FROM heavy

heav·i·ness, noun o·ver·heav·i·ness, noun o·ver·heav·y, adjective ul·tra·heav·y, adjective

un·heav·i·ness, noun un·heav·y, adjective

Words nearby heavy

heavier-than-air, heavily, heaviside, heaviside layer, heaviside unit function, heavy, heavy artillery, heavy bomber, heavy breather, heavy chain, heavy chain disease

Example sentences from the Web for heaviness

So the heaviness was not so much a literary conceit but something I wanted to talk about.

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Something heavy and sad came over Abu Hassar and the heaviness of that thing came over me.

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He saw himself as a deep-inside player in the intelligence world, and the heaviness of the responsibility was not sitting well.

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And later, we want to see people in various stages of working it off, or at the very least, grappling with heaviness.

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How His people need thus to be in heaviness through manifold temptations, to keep them meek and submissive!

The Words of Jesus |John R. Macduff
Some of the heaviness of his spirit always left him at sight of the little house.

K |Mary Roberts Rinehart
O hours of refined felicity past and gone, how severe is your contrast with those of heaviness and distaste now endured!'

The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) |Fanny Burney
Be afflicted and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

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The damsel, too, who leads him away, will pass through sorrow and heaviness.

Four Arthurian Romances |Chretien DeTroyes

British Dictionary definitions for heaviness

heavy

/ (ˈhɛvɪ) /

adjective heavier or heaviest

of comparatively great weight a heavy stone

having a relatively high density lead is a heavy metal

great in yield, quality, or quantity heavy rain; heavy traffic

great or considerable heavy emphasis

hard to bear, accomplish, or fulfil heavy demands

sad or dejected in spirit or mood heavy at heart

coarse or broad a heavy line; heavy features

(of soil) having a high clay content; cloggy

solid or fat heavy legs

(of an industry) engaged in the large-scale complex manufacture of capital goods or extraction of raw materials Compare light 2 (def. 19)

serious; grave

military

armed or equipped with large weapons, armour, etc
(of guns, etc) of a large and powerful type

(of a syllable) having stress or accentuation Compare light 2 (def. 24)

dull and uninteresting a heavy style

prodigious a heavy drinker

(of cakes, bread, etc) insufficiently leavened

deep and loud a heavy thud

(of music, literature, etc)

dramatic and powerful; grandiose
not immediately comprehensible or appealing

slang

unpleasant or tedious
wonderful
(of rock music) having a powerful beat; hard

weighted; burdened heavy with child

clumsy and slow heavy going

permeating a heavy smell

cloudy or overcast, esp threatening rain heavy skies

not easily digestible a heavy meal

(of an element or compound) being or containing an isotope with greater atomic weight than that of the naturally occurring element heavy hydrogen; heavy water

horse racing (of the going on a racecourse) soft and muddy

slang using, or prepared to use, violence or brutality the heavy mob

heavy on informal using large quantities of this car is heavy on petrol

noun plural heavies

a villainous role
an actor who plays such a part

military

a large fleet unit, esp an aircraft carrier or battleship
a large calibre or weighty piece of artillery

the heavies (usually plural) informal a serious newspaper the Sunday heavies

informal a heavyweight boxer, wrestler, etc

slang a man hired to threaten violence or deter others by his presence

Scot strong bitter beer

adverb

in a heavy manner; heavilytime hangs heavy
(in combination)heavy-laden

Derived forms of heavy

heavily, adverb heaviness, noun

Word Origin for heavy

Old English hefig; related to hebban to heave, Old High German hebīg

Idioms and Phrases with heaviness

heavy

In addition to the idioms beginning with heavy

heavy going
heavy hand, with a
heavy heart, with a
heavy hitter

also see:

hot and heavy
make heavy weather of
play the heavy
time hangs heavy

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heavy

adjective, heav·i·er, heav·i·est.

noun, plural heav·ies.

adverb

Origin of heavy

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British Dictionary definitions for heaviness

adjective heavier or heaviest

noun plural heavies

adverb

Derived forms of heavy

Word Origin for heavy

Idioms and Phrases with heaviness

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heavy

adjective, heav·i·er, heav·i·est.

noun, plural heav·ies.

adverb

Origin of heavy

SYNONYMS FOR heavy

OTHER WORDS FROM heavy

Words nearby heavy

Words related to heaviness

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adjective heavier or heaviest

noun plural heavies

adverb

Derived forms of heavy

Word Origin for heavy

Idioms and Phrases with heaviness

British Dictionary definitions for heaviness