heaviness meaning

heaviness as a noun

1. the property of being comparatively great in weight
   • the heaviness of lead

   Synonyms: weightiness

   Opposite: lightness

   Type of: weight

   Kinds: heft, preponderance

   Related forms: heavy

2. persisting sadness
   • nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss

   Type of: sadness

   Related forms: heavy

3. 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

   Synonyms: ponderousness

   Type of: uninterestingness

   Related forms: heavy

4. used of a line or mark

   Synonyms: thickness

   Type of: wideness

   Related forms: heavy

5. unwelcome burdensome difficulty

   Synonyms: burdensomeness, onerousness, oppressiveness

   Type of: difficulty

   Related forms: heavy