heaviness

heav·y  (hv)

adj. heav·i·er, heav·i·est

1. Having relatively great weight: a heavy load.

2. Having relatively high density; having a high specific gravity.

3.

a. Large, as in number or quantity: a heavy turnout; heavy casualties.

b. Large in yield or output: heavy rainfall.

4. Of great intensity: heavy activity; heavy fighting.

5.

a. Having great power or force: a heavy punch.

b. Violent; rough: heavy seas.

6.

a. Equipped with massive armaments and weapons: a heavy cruiser; heavy infantry.

b. Large enough to fire powerful shells: heavy guns.

7.

a. Indulging to a great degree: a heavy drinker.

b. Involved or participating on a large scale: a heavy investor.

8. Of great import or seriousness; grave: heavy matters of state.

9.

a. Having considerable thickness: a heavy coat.

b. Broad or coarse: drew the face with heavy lines.

10.

a. Dense; thick: a heavy fog.

b. Slow to dissipate; strong: "There was a heavy fragrance of flowers and lemon trees" (Mario Puzo).

c. Too dense or rich to digest easily: a heavy dessert.

d. Insufficiently leavened: heavy bread.

e. Full of clay and readily saturated: heavy soil.

11.

a. Weighed down; burdened: trees heavy with plums.

b. Emotionally weighed down; despondent: a heavy heart.

c. Marked by or exhibiting weariness: heavy lids.

d. Sad or painful: heavy news.

12.

a. Hard to do or accomplish; arduous: heavy going; heavy reading.

b. Not easily borne; oppressive: heavy taxes.

13. Lacking vitality; deficient in vivacity or grace: a heavy gait; heavy humor.

14. Sharply inclined; steep: a heavy grade.

15. Having a large capacity or designed for rough work: a heavy truck.

16. Of, relating to, or involving the large-scale production of basic products, such as steel: heavy industry.

17. Of or relating to a serious dramatic role.

18. Physics Of or relating to an isotope with an atomic mass greater than the average mass of that element.

19. Loud; sonorous: a heavy sound; heavy breathing.

20. Linguistics Of, relating to, or being a syllable ending in a long vowel or in a vowel plus two consonants.

21. Slang

a. Of great significance or profundity.

b. Very popular or important: a rock star who is really heavy.

adv. heav·i·er, heav·i·est

Heavily: The snow is falling heavier tonight than last night.

n. pl. heav·ies

1.

a. A serious or tragic role in a play.

b. An actor playing such a role.

2. Slang A villain in a story or play.

3. Slang A mobster.

4. Slang One that is very important or influential: a media heavy.

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[Middle English hevi, from Old English hefig; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

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heavi·ness n.

Synonyms: heavy, weighty, hefty, massive, ponderous, cumbersome
These adjectives mean having a relatively great weight. Heavy refers to what has great physical weight (a heavy boulder) and figuratively to what is burdensome or oppressive to the spirit (heavy responsibilities). Weighty literally denotes having considerable weight (a weighty package); figuratively, it describes what is onerous, serious, or important (a weighty decision). Hefty refers principally to physical heaviness or brawniness: a hefty book; a tall, hefty wrestler.
Massive describes what is bulky, heavy, solid, and strong: massive marble columns.
Ponderous refers to what has great mass and weight and usually implies unwieldiness: ponderous prehistoric beasts.
Figuratively it describes what is complicated, involved, or lacking in grace: a book with a ponderous plot.
Something cumbersome is difficult to move, handle, or deal with because it is heavy, bulky, or clumsy: cumbersome luggage.

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Heaviness 

1. Feel heavy … like a corpse —Penelope Gilliatt
2. Feel heavy like the September limbs of an apple tree —Diane Wakoski
3. The hand upon his shoulder weighed like a hand of lead —Oscar Wilde
4. Heavy and indistinct, like the consciousness of a man in a dream —Gustave Flaubert

   See Also: VAGUENESS

5. Heavy as a lecher’s kiss —Sylvia Plath
6. (A cold sky) heavy as a vault —Malcolm Cowley
7. (They are) heavy as dumplings —Henry David Thoreau

   To give added emphasis and specificity, there’s “Heavy as overcooked dumplings,” “Heavy as matzoh balls,” “Heavy as latkes,” “Heavy as wontons.”

8. Heavy as guilt —Anon
9. Heavy as hard luck —Philip Larkin
10. Heavy as ingots —Diane Ackerman
11. (The glass mugs were) heavy as sin —Harvey Swados
12. [A suitcase] heavy as some icon —Cynthia Ozick
13. Heavy as the weight of dreams —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
14. Leaden like a bullet —Ted Hughes

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	heaviness - the property of being comparatively great in weight; "the heaviness of lead" weightiness weight - the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity heft, ponderosity, ponderousness, heftiness, massiveness - the property of being large in mass preponderance - exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight; "the least preponderance in either pan will unbalance the scale" weightlessness, lightness - the property of being comparatively small in weight; "the lightness of balsa wood"
	2.	heaviness - persisting sadness; "nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss" sadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
	3.	heaviness - 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" ponderousness uninterestingness - inability to capture or hold one's interest
	4.	heaviness - used of a line or mark thickness broadness, wideness - the property of being wide; having great width
	5.	heaviness - unwelcome burdensome difficulty burdensomeness, onerousness, oppressiveness difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"

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heaviness

noun

1. weight, gravity, ponderousness, heftiness the heaviness of earthbound matter

2. sluggishness, torpor, numbness, dullness, lassitude, languor, deadness There was a heaviness in the air that stunned them.

3. sadness, depression, gloom, seriousness, melancholy, despondency, dejection, gloominess, glumness a heaviness in his reply which discouraged further questioning

Translations

heaviness [ˈhevɪnɪs] N [of object] → lo pesado, peso m; [of subject matter] → lo denso
always test the heaviness of a load → comprueba siempre lo pesada que es una carga or el peso de una carga
I felt a heaviness in my legs → sentía pesadez en las piernas
heaviness of heart → pesadumbre f (liter)

heaviness [ˈhɛvinɪs] n

(= weight) → poids m

(= extent, amount) [loss] → importance f

heaviness

n

(of person, object, load) → Schwere f; (of features) → Grobheit f; heaviness of heart → schweres Herz; heaviness of spirit → gedrückte Stimmung, Niedergeschlagenheit f

(of tread, blow, gunfire, casualties etc) → Schwere f; (of traffic) → Stärke f; (of defeat, losses, taxes) → Höhe f; (of buying) → Umfang m; (of line) → Dicke f; (of sleep) → Tiefe f

(= heavy-handedness: of manner, style) → Schwerfälligkeit f

(= oppressiveness, of air) → Schwüle f; (of sky) → Bedecktheit f

heaviness [ˈhɛvɪnɪs] n (weight) → pesantezza; (of expense, taxation) → gravosità, onerosità; (of traffic) → intensità