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heaviness
('h/E/v/i/n/I/s )

noun (n)

  • the property of being comparatively great in weight(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    The heaviness of lead.
    source: wordnet30
  • persisting sadness(noun.feeling)
    Example:
    Nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss.
    source: wordnet30
  • an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    His lectures tend to heaviness and repetition.
    Synonym:
    ponderousness
    source: wordnet30
  • used of a line or mark(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    thickness
    source: wordnet30
  • unwelcome burdensome difficulty(noun.attribute)
    source: wordnet30
  • The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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