- the fact of weighing a lot and being difficult to lift or move
- Olivia felt the heaviness of her backpack increase the longer she ran.
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- the feeling in a part of the body of weighing a lot and being difficult to move
- a feeling of heaviness in the legs
- the fact of being more or worse than usual in amount, degree, etc.
- The roof was not visible because of the heaviness of the snow that was coming down.
- the quality of being large and solid
- the heaviness of the dark wood panelling
- the quality in a material of being thick
- The sewing machine started to lose strength against the heaviness of the fabric.
- (literary) the quality of being full of or loaded with something
- The heaviness of the jungle hung in the air.
- the quality in food or a meal of being large in amount or very solid
- The salad worked well to combat the heaviness of the meal.
- (usually disapproving) the fact in a book, programme, style, etc. of being serious and difficult to understand or enjoy
- Humour is sometimes used to counter the heaviness of death and tragedy.
- the fact of being hot and not having enough fresh air, in a way that is unpleasant
- I felt the heaviness of the heat as we came out of the Palace.
- the fact in soil of being wet, sticky and difficult to dig or move over
- water trapped by the coldness of ice or the heaviness of mud
Idioms
heaviness of heart
- a very sad feeling
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