heaviness

Noun

Meaning

The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

thickness ponderousness weightiness oppressiveness onerousness burdensomeness mass pressure heavy depression obesity density load gravity bulk
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Antonyms

lightness basin training activity athlete sneaker
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Hypernyms

difficulty sadness weight difficultness broadness wideness

Hyponyms

preponderance heft ponderousness massiveness ponderosity heftiness

Phrases with the word

heaviness of heart atomic heaviness

Examples

Weep bitterly over the dead, for he is worthy, and then comfort thyself; drive heaviness away: thou shall not do him good, but hurt thyself. Matthew Arnold

You keep waiting for the heaviness to leave you. You keep waiting for the moment you never think about the ex again. It doesn't come. Junot Diaz

My heaviness comes from the heights. Antonio Porchia

Let's not burden our remembrance with a heaviness that's gone. William Shakespeare

What means this heaviness that hangs upon me? This lethargy that creeps through all my senses? Nature, oppress'd and harrass'd out with care, Sinks down to rest. Joseph Addison

Heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

heavily traveled road heavily weighed down Heavin heaviness of heart heaving heaving line bend