| Sounds | hheh'viy | |
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| Rhymes | anchovy ... wavy: 30 rhymes with viy... | |
| Meaning | Of comparatively great physical weight or density / density. | |
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| Attribute of | weight | The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity |
| Narrower | dense | Having high relative density or specific gravity |
| doughy, soggy | Having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking | |
| heavier-than-air | relating to an aircraft heavier than the air it displaces | |
| hefty | Of considerable weight and size | |
| massive | Consisting of great mass | |
| non-buoyant | tending to sink in a liquid / liquid or fall in air | |
| ponderous | Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness | |
| Opposite | light | Of comparatively little physical weight or density / density |
| Spanish | pesado | |
| Nouns | heaviness | the property of being comparatively great in weight |
| Adverbs | heavily | in a labored manner |
| Meaning | unusually great in degree or quantity or number. | |
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| Narrower | harsh | severe |
| Opposite | light | not great in degree or quantity or number |
| Spanish | fuerte | |
| Nouns | heaviness | unwelcome burdensome difficulty |
| Adverbs | heavily | to a considerable degree |
| Meaning | Of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment. | |
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| Opposite | light | Of the military or industry |
| Spanish | pesado | |
| Meaning | marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness. | |
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| Narrower | burdensome, onerous, taxing | not easily borne |
| distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying | Causing distress or worry or anxiety | |
| leaden, weighted | made heavy or weighted down with weariness | |
| oppressive | weighing heavily on the senses or spirit | |
| weighty | weighing heavily on the spirit | |
| Opposite | light | psychologically light |
| Spanish | fuerte | |
| Nouns | heaviness | persisting sadness |
| Adverbs | heavily | slowly as if burdened by much weight |
| Meaning | usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it. | |
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| Synonyms | fleshy, overweight | |
| Broader | fat | Having an (over)abundance of flesh |
| Spanish | gordo, obeso, pesado | |
| Nouns | heaviness | the property of being comparatively great in weight |
| Meaning | (used of soil) compact and fine-grained. | |
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| Example | "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated" | |
| Synonyms | clayey, cloggy | |
| Broader | compact | Closely and firmly united or packed together |
| Meaning | darkened by clouds. | |
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| Example | "a heavy sky" | |
| Synonyms | lowering, sullen, threatening | |
| Broader | cloudy | Full of or covered with clouds |
| Catalan | carregat | |
| Meaning | Of great intensity or power or force. | |
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| Narrower | big | marked by intense physical force |
| Opposite | light | Of little intensity or power or force |
| Adverbs | heavily | with great force |
| Meaning | (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight. | |
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| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Opposite | light | (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average |
| Nouns | heaviness | the property of being comparatively great in weight |
| Meaning | (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain. | |
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| Example | "Iago is the heavy role in 'Othello'" | |
| Broader | wicked | morally bad in principle / principle or practice |
| Meaning | permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter. | |
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| Example | "heavy fog" | |
| Synonyms | dense, impenetrable | |
| Broader | thick | relatively dense / dense in consistency |
| Spanish | denso, espeso, impenetrable, tupido | |
| Catalan | dens, impenetrable | |
| Meaning | Of relatively large extent and density / density. | |
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| Example | "a heavy line" | |
| Broader | thick | not thin |
| Nouns | heaviness | used of a line or mark |
| Meaning | made of fabric having considerable thickness. | |
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| Example | "a heavy coat" | |
| Broader | thick | not thin |
| Meaning | prodigious. | |
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| Example | "heavy investor" | |
| Synonym | big | |
| Broader | intemperate | excessive in behavior |
| Meaning | Full and loud and deep. | |
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| Example | "heavy sounds" | |
| Synonym | sonorous | |
| Broader | full | (of sound) having marked deepness and body |
| Spanish | rotundo, sonoro | |
| Meaning | given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors. | |
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| Synonyms | intemperate, hard | |
| Broader | indulgent | Characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone |
| Spanish | excesivo, inmoderado, intemperado | |
| Meaning | Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought. | |
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| Example | "heavy matters of state" | |
| Synonyms | grave, grievous, weighty | |
| Broader | important, of import | Of great significance / significance or value |
| Meaning | Slow and laborious because of weight. | |
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| Example | "the heavy tread of tired troops" | |
| Synonyms | lumbering, ponderous | |
| Broader | heavy-footed | (of movement) lacking ease or lightness |
| Spanish | grave, pesado, torpe | |
| Adverbs | heavily | in a heavy-footed manner |
| Meaning | large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work. | |
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| Broader | heavy-duty | designed for heavy work |
| Spanish | pesado | |
| Meaning | dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal. | |
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| Example | "a heavy pudding" | |
| Broader | indigestible | digested with difficulty |
| Spanish | fuerte, rico | |
| Meaning | sharply inclined. | |
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| Example | "a heavy grade" | |
| Broader | steep | Having a sharp inclination |
| Meaning | Full of; bearing great weight. | |
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| Example | "trees heavy with fruit" | |
| Synonym | weighed down | |
| Broader | full | Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal |
| Nouns | heaviness | the property of being comparatively great in weight |
| Meaning | requiring or showing effort. | |
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| Example | "heavy breathing" | |
| Synonyms | labored, laboured | |
| Broader | effortful | requiring great physical effort |
| Spanish | fatigoso, pesado | |
| Meaning | Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. | |
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| Synonyms | arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome | |
| Broader | effortful | requiring great physical effort |
| Spanish | agotador, arduo, duro, fatigoso, laborioso, penoso, pesado | |
| Catalan | ardu, dur, esgotador, fatigant, fatigós, feixuc, laboriós, penós, pesat | |
| Nouns | heaviness | unwelcome burdensome difficulty |
| Meaning | lacking lightness or liveliness. | |
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| Example | "heavy humor" | |
| Synonym | leaden | |
| Broader | dull | lacking in liveliness or animation |
| Nouns | heaviness | an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency |
| Meaning | (of sleep) deep and complete. | |
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| Example | "a heavy sleep" | |
| Synonyms | profound, sound, wakeless | |
| Broader | deep | relatively deep or strong |
| Spanish | profundo | |
| Meaning | In an advanced stage of pregnancy. | |
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| Synonyms | big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, with child | |
| Broader | pregnant | carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life |
| Spanish | embarazada, encinta, gestante, preñada | |
| Catalan | embarassada, gestant, prenyada | |
| Meaning | An actor who plays villainous roles. | |
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| Broader | actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player | A theatrical performer |
| Meaning | A serious (or tragic) role in a play. | |
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| Broader | character, role, theatrical role, part, persona | An actor's portrayal of someone in a play |
| Meaning | slowly as if burdened by much weight. | |
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| Example | "time hung heavy on their hands" | |
| Synonym | heavily | |
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