heaviness meaning and definition

HEAVINESS noun

Definition of heaviness (noun)

1. the property of being comparatively great in weight
   • "the heaviness of lead"
   • synonyms: weightiness
   • antonym: lightness
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