Definition of 'heaviness'

Noun

1. the property of being comparatively great in weight; "the heaviness of lead"
      Synonyms: weightiness
      Antonyms: lightness weightlessness
2. persisting sadness; "nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss"
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
4. used of a line or mark
      Synonyms: thickness
5. unwelcome burdensome difficulty
      Synonyms: burdensomeness onerousness oppressiveness

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