heavy

Speech parts

1. heavy - Noun

2. heavy - Adjective

3. heavy - Verb

4. heavy - Adverb

6. heavy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having the heaves.

Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.

Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.

Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.

Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.

Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.

Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.

Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.

Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.

Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.

Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.

With child; pregnant.

Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.

To make heavy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

grave dense weighty ponderous large strong hard serious severe solid massive thick cumbersome stout arduous
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Antonyms

light hungarian leger lite platinum sandy
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Hypernyms

character role player actor persona thespian

Phrases with the word

heavy rain heavy-handed tactics heavy-load heavy-handed heavy metal heavy heart

Derivatives

heavier heaviest

Examples

Every thought that brings despair and heavy sorrow is from the devil. Joseph the Hesychast

The soul cannot know peace unless she prays for her enemies. The soul that has learned of God's grace to pray, feels love and compassion for every created thing, and in particular for mankind, for whom the Lord suffered on the Cross, and His soul was heavy for every one of us. Silouan the Athonite

For virtue is a light and buoyant thing, and all who live in her way fly like clouds as Isaiah says, and as doves with their young ones; but sin is a heavy affair, as another of the prophets says, sitting upon a talent of lead. Gregory of Nyssa

Everyone thinks his own burden is heavy. French Proverb

In the end a needle weighs heavy. Belgian Proverb

A camel can tolerate a heavy load, but not a crooked rope. Somali Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Heaviside unit function heavisome Heavner heavy alloy heavy artillery heavy artillery piece