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heaviness - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'heaviness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Heaviness [ n.]
- The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

Meaning of 'heaviness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . heaviness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency
Example in sentence:
  • a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness;
  • his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition
Meaning (2):
- persisting sadness
Example in sentence:
  • nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss
Meaning (3):
- the property of being comparatively great in weight
Example in sentence:
  • the heaviness of lead

Nearby Words:

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