weighty (redirected from weightier)

weight·y  (wt)

adj. weight·i·er, weight·i·est

1. Having considerable weight; heavy. See Synonyms at heavy.

2. Burdensome; oppressive: weighty problems.

3. Of great consequence; momentous: the weighty matters before the delegates at the peace talks.

4. Having great power or influence: a weighty argument.

5. Solemn; serious: weighty music.

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weighti·ly adv.

weighti·ness n.

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weighty [ˈweɪtɪ]

adj weightier, weightiest

1. having great weight

2. important or momentous

3. causing anxiety or worry

weightily  adv

weightiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	weighty - having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package" weightless - having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light; "floating freely in a weightless condition"; "a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth"; "jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric"
	2.	weighty - powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" cogent, telling persuasive - intended or having the power to induce action or belief; "persuasive eloquence"; "a most persuasive speaker"; "a persuasive argument"
	3.	weighty - of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" grave, grievous, heavy important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
	4.	weighty - weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems" heavy - marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"
	5.	weighty - excessively fat; "a weighty man"     corpulent, obese, rotund fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"

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weighty

adjective

1. important, serious, significant, critical, crucial, considerable, substantial, grave, solemn, momentous, forcible, consequential, portentous Surely such weighty matters merit a higher level of debate?
important minor, petty, trivial, insignificant, unimportant, frivolous, incidental, immaterial, inconsequential

2. heavy, massive, dense, hefty (informal), cumbersome, ponderous, burdensome Simon lifted a weighty volume from the shelf.

3. onerous, taxing, demanding, difficult, worrying, crushing, exacting, oppressive, burdensome, worrisome, backbreaking the weighty responsibility of organizing the entire event

Translations

weighty [ˈweɪtɪ] ADJ (weightier (compar) (weightiest (superl)))

1. (lit) [load] → pesado
a weighty tome or volume → un tomo de peso

2. (fig) [matter, problem] → grave; [argument, reason] → importante, de peso; [burden] → pesado; [responsibility] → grande

weighty [ˈweɪti] adj

(= heavy) [object] → pesant(e)

(= serious) [matter, subject] → pesant(e)

weighty

adj (+er)

(lit) → schwer

(fig) → gewichtig; (= influential) argument → schwerwiegend, gewichtig; (= burdensome) responsibility → schwerwiegend, schwer

weighty [ˈweɪtɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fig) (problems, duties, considerations) → importante

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weighty [ˈweɪtɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fig) (problems, duties, considerations) → importante