heavy

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   Having the heaves.

2. 2superlative

   Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.

3. 3superlative

   Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

4. 4superlative

   Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.

5. 5superlative

   Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.

6. 6superlative

   Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.

7. 7superlative

   Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.

8. 8superlative

   Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.

9. 9superlative

   Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.

10. 10superlative

    Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.

11. 11superlative

    Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.

12. 12superlative

    Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.

13. 13superlative

    With child; pregnant.

14. 14adverb

    Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.

15. 15transitive verb

    To make heavy.

16. 16noun

    a serious (or tragic) role in a play

17. 17noun

    an actor who plays villainous roles

18. 18adjective

    in an advanced stage of pregnancy

    "was big with child"

    "was great with child"

    Synonyms

    bigenceinteexpectantgravidgreatlarge
19. 19adjective

    darkened by clouds

    "a heavy sky"

    Synonyms

    loweringsullenthreatening
20. 20adjective

    (used of soil) compact and fine-grained

    "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"

    Synonyms

    clayeycloggy
21. 21adjective

    (of sleep) deep and complete

    "a heavy sleep"

    "fell into a profound sleep"

    Synonyms

    profoundsoundwakeless
22. 22adjective

    lacking lightness or liveliness

    "heavy humor"

    "a leaden conversation"

    Synonyms

    leaden
23. 23adjective

    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

    "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"

    "a grueling campaign"

    Synonyms

    arduousbackbreakinggruelinggruellinghardlaboriousoperosepunishingtoilsome
24. 24adjective

    requiring or showing effort

    "heavy breathing"

    "the subject made for labored reading"

    Synonyms

    laboredlaboured
25. 25adjective

    usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

    Synonyms

    fleshyoverweight
26. 26adjective

    full of; bearing great weight

    "trees heavy with fruit"

    "vines weighed down with grapes"

27. 27adjective

    sharply inclined

    "a heavy grade"

28. 28adjective

    dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal

    "a heavy pudding"

29. 29adjective

    of comparatively great physical weight or density

    "a heavy load"

    "lead is a heavy metal"

30. 30adjective

    large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work

    "a heavy truck"

    "heavy machinery"

31. 31adjective

    marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness

    "a heavy heart"

    "a heavy schedule"

32. 32adjective

    unusually great in degree or quantity or number

    "heavy taxes"

    "a heavy fine"

33. 33adjective

    (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight

    "heavy hydrogen"

    "heavy water"

34. 34adjective

    of great intensity or power or force

    "a heavy blow"

    "the fighting was heavy"

35. 35adjective

    slow and laborious because of weight

    "the heavy tread of tired troops"

    "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"

    Synonyms

    lumberingponderous
36. 36adjective

    of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment

    "heavy artillery"

    "heavy infantry"

37. 37adjective

    of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

    "grave responsibilities"

    "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"

    Synonyms

    gravegrievousweighty
38. 38adjective

    given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

    "a hard drinker"

    Synonyms

    hardintemperate
39. 39adjective

    full and loud and deep

    "heavy sounds"

    "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"

    Synonyms

    sonorous
40. 40adjective

    prodigious

    "big spender"

    "big eater"

    Synonyms

    big
41. 41adjective

    made of fabric having considerable thickness

    "a heavy coat"

42. 42adjective

    of relatively large extent and density

    "a heavy line"

43. 43adjective

    permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

    "dense smoke"

    "heavy fog"

    Synonyms

    denseimpenetrable
44. 44adjective

    (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain

    "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"

45. 45adverb

    slowly as if burdened by much weight

    "time hung heavy on their hands"

    Synonyms

    heavily