|  heaviness 
 
 1. the property of being comparatively great in weight (Freq. 2)
 - the heaviness of lead
 • Syn:
 weightiness
 • Ant:
 lightness
 • Derivationally related forms:
 weighty (for: weightiness), heavy
 • Hypernyms:
 weight
 • Hyponyms:
 heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, ponderosity, preponderance
 2. persisting sadness
 - nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss
 • Derivationally related forms:
 heavy
 • Hypernyms:
 sadness, unhappiness
 3. an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency
 - a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness
 - his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition
 • Syn:
 ponderousness
 • Derivationally related forms:
 heavy, ponderous (for: ponderousness)
 • Hypernyms:
 uninterestingness
 4. used of a line or mark
 • Syn:
 thickness
 • Derivationally related forms:
 heavy, thick (for: thickness)
 • Hypernyms:
 wideness, broadness
 5. unwelcome burdensome difficulty
 • Syn:
 burdensomeness, onerousness, oppressiveness
 • Derivationally related forms:
 oppressive (for: oppressiveness), onerous (for: onerousness), heavy, burdensome (for: burdensomeness)
 • Hypernyms:
 difficulty, difficultness
 
 
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