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   Heav·i·ness

   /ˈhevēnəs/

   

   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: "the cloying heaviness of snacking on cheese"
   • 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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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the word heavy, from weight to intensity to importance. Find synonyms, examples, etymology, and related phrases of heavy.

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   Heaviness is the quality of weighing a lot or being done or happening to a great degree. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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   Heaviness is the amount that something weighs or the state of being heavy. Find synonyms, antonyms, and examples of heaviness and related words in this online thesaurus.

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   Heaviness is the quality of weighing a lot or being done or happening to a great degree. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, antonyms and usage with examples from various sources.

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   Heaviness is the property of being comparatively great in weight or mass, or having a heavy effect or influence. Learn the synonyms, antonyms, and usage of heaviness in different contexts, such as physics, linguistics, and slang.

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   3 days ago · Heaviness is a noun that means a heavy quality or state. Learn how to pronounce it, see synonyms and related words, and read sentences with heaviness from Collins English Dictionary.

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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.