What is the meaning of heaviness?

noun

  • The property of being comparatively great in weight.
    • usage: "the heaviness of lead"
  • Persisting sadness.
    • usage: "nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss"
  • An oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency.
    • usage: "a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness"; "his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition"
  • Used of a line or mark.
  • Unwelcome burdensome difficulty.
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APAWordNet. (2010). heaviness. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/heaviness/definitions/1211363
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