ALL meanings of heaviness
heav·y
H h - noun heaviness The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity. 1
- adjective heaviness of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load. 1
- adjective heaviness of great amount, quantity, or size; extremely large; massive: a heavy vote; a heavy snowfall. 1
- adjective heaviness of great force, intensity, turbulence, etc.: a heavy sea. 1
- adjective heaviness of more than the usual or average weight: a heavy person; heavy freight. 1
- adjective heaviness having much weight in proportion to bulk; being of high specific gravity: a heavy metal. 1
- adjective heaviness of major import; grave; serious: a heavy offense. 1
- adjective heaviness deep or intense; profound: a heavy thinker; heavy slumber. 1
- adjective heaviness 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. 1
- adjective heaviness hard to bear; burdensome; harsh; oppressive: heavy taxes. 1
- adjective heaviness hard to cope with; trying; difficult: a heavy task. 1
- adjective heaviness being as indicated to an unusually great degree: a heavy buyer. 1
- adjective heaviness broad, thick, or coarse; not delicate: heavy lines drawn in charcoal. 1
- adjective heaviness weighted or laden: air heavy with moisture. 1
- adjective heaviness fraught; loaded; charged: words heavy with meaning. 1
- adjective heaviness depressed with trouble or sorrow; showing sorrow; sad: a heavy heart. 1
- adjective heaviness without vivacity or interest; ponderous; dull: a heavy style. 1
- adjective heaviness slow in movement or action; clumsy: a heavy walk. 1
- adjective heaviness loud and deep; sonorous: a heavy sound. 1
- adjective heaviness (of the sky) overcast or cloudy. 1
- adjective heaviness exceptionally dense in substance; insufficiently raised or leavened; thick: heavy doughnuts. 1
- adjective heaviness (of food) not easily digested. 1
- adjective heaviness being in a state of advanced pregnancy; nearing childbirth: heavy with child; heavy with young. 1
- adjective heaviness having a large capacity, capable of doing rough work, or having a large output: a heavy truck. 1
- adjective heaviness producing or refining basic materials, as steel or coal, used in manufacturing: heavy industry. 1
- adjective heaviness sober, serious, or somber: a heavy part in a drama. 1
- adjective heaviness 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. 1
- adjective heaviness Slang. very good; excellent. very serious or important: a really heavy relationship. 1
- adjective heaviness Phonetics. stressed (def 12). long1 (def 22). 1
- noun plural heaviness a somber or ennobled theatrical role or character: Iago is the heavy in Othello. 1
- noun plural heaviness the theatrical role of a villain. 1
- noun plural heaviness an actor who plays a theatrical heavy. 1
- noun plural heaviness Military. a gun of great weight or large caliber. 1
- noun plural heaviness Slang. a very important or influential person: a reception for government heavies. 1
- abbreviation HEAVINESS heavily. 1
- noun heaviness great weight 1
- noun heaviness relative weight 1
- noun heaviness sadness, gloom 1
- noun heaviness (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Oppression; dejectedness, sadness. 0
- noun heaviness a heavy quality or state 0