1. Noun
The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.
2. Noun
the property of being comparatively great in weight; "the heaviness of lead"
Vocabulary classified under Physics
3. Noun
persisting sadness; "nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
4. Noun
unwelcome burdensome difficulty
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
5. Noun
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"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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