English dictionary
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English noun: heaviness | |||
| 1. | heaviness (attribute) the property of being comparatively great in weight | ||
| Samples | The heaviness of lead. | ||
| Synonyms | weightiness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | weight | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousness, preponderance | ||
| Antonyms | weightlessness, lightness | ||
| 2. | heaviness (feeling) persisting sadness | ||
| Samples | Nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sadness, unhappiness | ||
| 3. | heaviness (attribute) an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency | ||
| Samples | A book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness. His lectures tend to heaviness and repetition. | ||
| Synonyms | ponderousness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | uninterestingness | ||
| 4. | heaviness (attribute) used of a line or mark | ||
| Synonyms | thickness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | broadness, wideness | ||
| 5. | heaviness (attribute) unwelcome burdensome difficulty | ||
| Synonyms | burdensomeness, onerousness, oppressiveness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | difficultness, difficulty | ||
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