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ADJECTIVE heavy COMPARATIVE heavier SUPERLATIVE heaviest

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Meaning heavy meaning

What does heavy mean?

Definitions in simple English

heavy Adjective

— Heavy is having a lot of weight. This suitcase is very heavy. — Having a lot of seriousness

heavy

— adjective of comparatively great physical weight or density a heavy load lead is a heavy metal heavy mahogany furniture — adjective unusually great in degree or quantity or number heavy taxes a heavy fine heavy casualties heavy losses heavy rain heavy traffic — adjective of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment heavy artillery heavy infantry a heavy cruiser heavy guns heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries — adjective marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness a heavy heart a heavy schedule heavy news a heavy silence heavy eyelids — adjective darkened by clouds a heavy sky — adjective (= fleshy) usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it — adjective (= clayey) (used of soil) compact and fine-grained the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated — adjective (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain Iago is the heavy role in 'Othello' — adjective made of fabric having considerable thickness a heavy coat — adjective of relatively large extent and density a heavy line — adverb slowly as if burdened by much weight time hung heavy on their hands — adjective (= profound, sound, wakeless) (of sleep) deep and complete a heavy sleep fell into a profound sleep a sound sleeper deep wakeless sleep — adjective (= labored, laboured) requiring or showing effort heavy breathing the subject made for labored reading — adjective (= leaden) lacking lightness or liveliness heavy humor a leaden conversation — adjective large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work a heavy truck heavy machinery — adjective of great intensity or power or force a heavy blow the fighting was heavy heavy seas — adjective (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight heavy hydrogen heavy water — adjective (= lumbering, ponderous) slow and laborious because of weight the heavy tread of tired troops moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot ponderous prehistoric beasts a ponderous yawn — adjective dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal a heavy pudding — adjective (= weighed down) full of; bearing great weight trees heavy with fruit vines weighed down with grapes — adjective sharply inclined a heavy grade — adjective (= sonorous) full and loud and deep heavy sounds a herald chosen for his sonorous voice — noun an actor who plays villainous roles — noun a serious (or tragic) role in a play — adjective (= dense, impenetrable) permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter dense smoke heavy fog impenetrable gloom — adjective (= big) prodigious big spender big eater heavy investor — adjective (= hard) given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors a hard drinker — adjective (= grave, grievous, weighty) of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought grave responsibilities faced a grave decision in a time of crisis a grievous fault heavy matters of state the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference — adjective (= arduous, grueling, gruelling, hard, laborious, punishing) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort worked their arduous way up the mining valley a grueling campaign hard labor heavy work heavy going spent many laborious hours on the project set a punishing pace — adjective (= big, great, with child) in an advanced stage of pregnancy was big with child was great with child

Synonyms heavy synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as heavy?

heavy English » English

weighty serious thick ponderous onerous hard massive burdensome severe leaden difficult big bulky grave dull arduous unwieldy tough dense deep oppressive grievous cumbersome strong painful lumbering large intense stodgy stiff rough overweight low laboured laborious fat clumsy be heavy awkward weight weighed down viscous toilsome terrible strict stern solid sad profound pregnant

Topics heavy topics

What do people use heavy to talk about?

States Big Thick

Fat person

What words describe someone who is fat?

fat overweight big large portly hefty thickset corpulent fleshly heavy paunchy ponderous roly-poly rotund heavy-set

Daily life Food Eat

Satiated, full

What words describe food that makes you feel full?

filling heavy stodgy

States Quantity Plural

Many, much

What words indicate that someone does something a lot?

a lot a good deal a great deal quite a bit plenty heavy

States Big

Thick

What words describe something like cloth or paper that is thick?

thick heavy

States Big Weigh

Flood

What words refer to a time when there is too much rain?

heavy rains experience torrential rains el Niño

Person Life

Die

What words refer to dying as a result of an accident or violence?

be killed accidental death death by misadventure violent death lose your life perish suffer heavy losses

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad

What words describe someone who feels sad?

sad crestfallen dejected disappointed discouraged doleful down downcast downhearted fed up forlorn gloomy glum grouchy grumpy with a heavy heart homesick low melancholy morose mournful pensive sober (adj) solemn sorry sorrowful sullen unhappy wistful woeful

States Big

Weigh

What words indicate that something is a particular weight?

is weigh how heavy weigh in at

Examples heavy examples

How do I use heavy in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Is that as heavy as this?

My box is twice as heavy as yours.

Because of heavy rain my car broke down.

Trains stopped in consequence of the heavy rain.

The match was cancelled due to the heavy rain.

This table is heavy.

You probably have some heavy luggage.

Water is heavy.

That might not be as heavy as you think it's going to be.

This blue backpack is heavy.

The weather forecast says we're in for heavy rain this evening.

I had some heavy food and I have heartburn now.

Winter started with heavy fall of snow.

The roads are impassable because of the heavy snow.

I was drenched to the skin because of the heavy rain.

A heavy snow fell in Kyoto for the first time in ages.

The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall.

The king imposed heavy taxes on the people.

A heavy rain began to fall.

In spite of the heavy rain, he decided to go out.

On the one hand we suffered a heavy loss, but on the other hand we learned a great deal from the experience.

Heavy taxes are laid on wine.

If you had left a little earlier, you would have avoided the heavy traffic.

The noise of the heavy traffic kept me awake all night.

The heavy rain compelled us to put off our departure.

He could not go out because of the heavy rain.

The closing of school was due to the heavy snow.

What a heavy bag!

Tom received a heavy blow on the head.

I'm going to have a heavy day.

The tree was heavy with fruit.

The girl lifted the heavy box with one hand.

The box was too heavy.

Movie subtitles

Honestly, I think you just had a kind of a heavy hand with the eyeliner, hon.

It's a heavy blow for us.

Farewell, Roxane, because today I die, my heart still heavy with love I have not told.

Heavy and gloomy is the sleep of the off duty.

And because Mary Allmen faced the sacrifices, the heavy tasks, the drab monotony so cheerfully, John her husband, had come to take everything for granted.

My purse was heavy with ducats.

What's the use of my paying heavy dues for protection. -. if there's no peace?

This is a heavy blow for the French.

Perhaps it would be too heavy for you.

Probably, last night you had too heavy a dinner, and now your imagination is.

Jungle wood's as heavy as iron.

Whatever it is, it's terribly heavy.

But I think it's a little too heavy for me.

It's a heavy load, but I'll do what I can.

All sensuous magic, scent of flowers, heavy and inebriating.

Heavy fragrances confuse your senses, crimson flames, flaring up like visions, distant music and soft singing lure you deeper and deeper.

Ugh, how heavy this bears!

His heart heavy, but full of good intentions, Jean set out on the road home.

What are you wearing the heavy overcoat for?

What's the use of my paying heavy dues for protection if there's no peace?

Time will hang heavy, my sweet. until you return.

In the British Army in France during World War I, Rains was subjected to heavy artillery bombardment and poison gas.

None of this involved travelling mattes, but it involved heavy-wire work that you couldn't see because of the thinness of the wires.

You'd better help me. They're heavy. We'll have them right out, Mr. Santee.

The air is heavy with electricity.

Must have a pretty heavy period.

You got a heavy period?

The rain is quite heavy.

Heavy damages.

Since midnight heavy devastating fire on the whole section.

I don't know, but it's plenty heavy.

STALE, COMMON, HEAVY BEER.

It's too heavy for you.

Mine's got a Buick and a Ford and an Indian squaw to do the heavy work.

The cost is heavy!

Yes, sir, it's ready, but it's pretty heavy and I'll need help.

It's floating, so no heavy coins.

Tell the boys to lay it on heavy.

News and current affairs

What was unusual here was not the cop's heavy-handedness.

Bottom trawlers drag heavy nets over the ocean bottom, destroying magnificent, unexplored, and endangered marine species in the process.

Moreover, devaluation will impose heavy burdens on China, for example, it will certainly increase the cost of servicing China's debts and may also worsen the overall balance of payment.

First, heavy TV viewing brings little pleasure.

Moreover, heavy TV viewing has contributed to social fragmentation.

Certainly, heavy TV viewing is bad for one's physical and mental health.

The Bush administration promoted the premises of the Iraq war - Saddam Hussein's non-existent weapons of mass destruction -in the familiar colorful, fast-paced, and graphics-heavy style of television advertising.

Perhaps TV is rewiring heavy viewers' brains and impairing their cognitive capacities.

Argentina's exchange rate system survived, but at a heavy price - the onset of double-digit unemployment.

Yes, Argentina's debts will probably be paid in full, but Argentina's taxpayers and workers will bear a heavy burden for years to come.

Asia is rich in dynamism, but relatively thin in influential political, economic, and security-related institutions, in contrast to Europe, which often lacks dynamism but is institution-heavy.

A World Bank leader who once again comes from Wall Street or from US politics would be a heavy blow for a planet in need of creative solutions to complex development challenges.

Today's great powers have relied on similar methods, also heavy with rhetoric, against puny opponents, but with far less convincing results.

Green jobs have been created only with heavy subsidies, costing a similar number of jobs elsewhere.

African banks, meanwhile, are rock-solid compared to their debt-heavy counterparts in the US and Europe.

For its part, France has been reluctant to build an interconnected European grid, owing to its heavy reliance on nuclear energy.

In Colombia's south - where the heavy presence of illegal armed groups makes social peace a distant dream - I went to visit a secondary school, as part of a needs assessment.

After independence in 1947, India followed an inward-looking policy that focused on heavy industry.

Willingness to tackle inflation is impeded by Asia's heavy reliance on exports and external demand.

Asia can avoid this problem and get on with the heavy lifting of pro-consumption rebalancing only by nipping inflation in the bud.

We know already about heavy attendance at the country's mosques.

Her ascent has been marked by a heavy emphasis on symbolism - her rule in Uttar Pradesh has featured the construction of numerous statues of Dalit leaders, notably herself - and a taste for lavish celebrations.

The first time, the image escaped heavy damage because of the militants' incompetence.

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