heavy

—heaviness, n.

/hev"ee/, adj., heavier, heaviest, n., pl. heavies, adv.

adj.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Mil.

a. thickly armed or equipped with guns of large size. Cf. heavy cruiser.

b. (of guns) of the more powerful sizes: heavy weapons. Cf. heavy artillery.

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

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

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

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

13. weighted or laden: air heavy with moisture.

14. fraught; loaded; charged: words heavy with meaning.

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

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

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

18. loud and deep; sonorous: a heavy sound.

19. (of the sky) overcast or cloudy.

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

21. (of food) not easily digested.

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

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

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

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

26. Chem. of or pertaining 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.

27. Slang.

a. very good; excellent.

b. very serious or important: a really heavy relationship.

28. Pros. (of a syllable)

a. stressed.

b. long.

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

30. the theatrical role of a villain.

31. an actor who plays a theatrical heavy.

32. Mil. a gun of great weight or large caliber.

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

adv.

34. heavily.

[bef. 900; ME hevi, OE hefig, equiv. to hef(e) weight (akin to HEAVE) + -ig -Y¹]

Syn. 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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Synonyms:

Weighty (with reference to one's strength), ponderous, hard or difficult to lift / Stormy, tempestuous, violent, severe, strong, energetic, boisterous / Loud, deep, roaring / Dense, dark, gloomy, lowering, cloudy / Hard to digest, burdensome, oppressive / Of great body, strong, heady (said of liquors) / Thick, heavy-bodied (said of liquids) / Oppressive, grievous, severe, burdensome, cumbersome, afflictive / Dull, sluggish, inert, inactive, dilatory, stupid, torpid, indolent, slow, lifeless, inanimate / Dejected, depressed, sorrowful, sad, gloomy, melancholy, despondent, disconsolate, crushed, cast down, downcast, down-hearted, low-spirited, crestfallen, chapfallen, in low spirits / Onerous, difficult, laborious, hard / Tedious, tiresome, wearisome, weary / Loaded, burdened, encumbered, weighed down / Miry, muddy, cloggy, clayey / Clammy (as bread), ill-raised, soggy

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