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   heaviness

   /ˈhɛvɪnɪs/

   noun

   • 1. the quality of having great weight: "Olivia felt the heaviness of her backpack"
   • ▪ a feeling of being weighed down, especially by weariness: "a persistent feeling of lethargy and heaviness"
   • 2. great density or thickness: "the heaviness of the paint"
   • ▪ lack of delicacy or grace; coarseness: "a certain heaviness of style"
   • ▪ the quality of food being hard to digest: "a vanilla ice cream that is unmistakably English in its heaviness and extreme creaminess"
   • 3. a state of being greater in amount, force, or intensity than usual: "the heaviness of the rains in the valley caused flooding"
   • ▪ the quality of being oppressive or overpowering to the senses: "the heaviness of a hop aroma"
   • ▪ (in relation to rock music) the quality of having a strong bass component and a forceful rhythm: "the total heaviness of much of this record"
   • 4. the quality of being very important or serious: "a few cartoon gags were introduced into the film to lighten its heaviness"
   • ▪ a mentally oppressive feeling, especially of sadness or grief: "he felt the heaviness of loss as he watched her go"

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   : having a high specific gravity : having great weight in proportion to bulk. Lead and gold are heavy metals. c (1) of an isotope : having or being atoms of greater than normal mass for that element. heavy carbons. (2) of a chemical compound : containing heavy isotopes. heavy ammonia. 2. : difficult to bear.

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   (literary) the quality of being full of or loaded with something. The heaviness of the jungle hung in the air. the quality in food or a meal of being large in amount or very solid. The salad worked well to combat the heaviness of the meal. opposite lightness.

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   noun. an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency. “his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition”. synonyms: ponderousness. see more. noun. persisting sadness. “nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss”. see more.

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   Synonyms for HEAVINESS: weight, heft, avoirdupois, bulk, tonnage, solidity, poundage, massiveness; Antonyms of HEAVINESS: lightness, weightlessness, airiness, delicacy, ethereality, slightness, insubstantiality, flimsiness.

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   HEAVINESS definition: a heavy quality or state | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.