HEAVIER
HEAVY
enceinte, big(p), expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child
(adjective) in an advanced stage of pregnancy; âwas big with childâ; âwas great with childâ
heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening
(adjective) darkened by clouds; âa heavy skyâ
clayey, cloggy, heavy
(adjective) (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; âthe clayey soil was heavy and easily saturatedâ
heavy, profound, sound, wakeless
(adjective) (of sleep) deep and complete; âa heavy sleepâ; âfell into a profound sleepâ; âa sound sleeperâ; âdeep wakeless sleepâ
heavy, leaden
(adjective) lacking lightness or liveliness; âheavy humorâ; âa leaden conversationâ
arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
(adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; âworked their arduous way up the mining valleyâ; âa grueling campaignâ; âhard laborâ; âheavy workâ; âheavy goingâ; âspent many laborious hours on the projectâ; âset a punishing paceâ
heavy, labored, laboured
(adjective) requiring or showing effort; âheavy breathingâ; âthe subject made for labored readingâ
fleshy, heavy, overweight
(adjective) usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
heavy, weighed down
(adjective) full of; bearing great weight; âtrees heavy with fruitâ; âvines weighed down with grapesâ
heavy
(adjective) sharply inclined; âa heavy gradeâ
heavy
(adjective) dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; âa heavy puddingâ
heavy
(adjective) of comparatively great physical weight or density; âa heavy loadâ; âlead is a heavy metalâ; âheavy mahogany furnitureâ
heavy
(adjective) large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; âa heavy truckâ; âheavy machineryâ
heavy
(adjective) marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; âa heavy heartâ; âa heavy scheduleâ; âheavy newsâ; âa heavy silenceâ; âheavy eyelidsâ
heavy
(adjective) unusually great in degree or quantity or number; âheavy taxesâ; âa heavy fineâ; âheavy casualtiesâ; âheavy lossesâ; âheavy rainâ; âheavy trafficâ
heavy
(adjective) (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; âheavy hydrogenâ; âheavy waterâ
heavy
(adjective) of great intensity or power or force; âa heavy blowâ; âthe fighting was heavyâ; âheavy seasâ
heavy, lumbering, ponderous
(adjective) slow and laborious because of weight; âthe heavy tread of tired troopsâ; âmoved with a lumbering sag-bellied trotâ; âponderous prehistoric beastsâ; âa ponderous yawnâ
heavy
(adjective) of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment; âheavy artilleryâ; âheavy infantryâ; âa heavy cruiserâ; âheavy gunsâ; âheavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industriesâ
grave, grievous, heavy, weighty
(adjective) of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; âgrave responsibilitiesâ; âfaced a grave decision in a time of crisisâ; âa grievous faultâ; âheavy matters of stateâ; âthe weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conferenceâ
intemperate, hard, heavy
(adjective) given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; âa hard drinkerâ
heavy, sonorous
(adjective) full and loud and deep; âheavy soundsâ; âa herald chosen for his sonorous voiceâ
heavy, big(a)
(adjective) prodigious; âbig spenderâ; âbig eaterâ; âheavy investorâ
heavy
(adjective) made of fabric having considerable thickness; âa heavy coatâ
heavy
(adjective) of relatively large extent and density; âa heavy lineâ
dense, heavy, impenetrable
(adjective) permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; âdense smokeâ; âheavy fogâ; âimpenetrable gloomâ
heavy
(adjective) (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; âIago is the heavy role in âOthelloââ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
heavier
comparative form of heavy
Source: Wiktionary
HEAVY
Heav"y, a.
Definition: Having the heaves.
Heav"y, a. [Compar. Heavier; superl. Heaviest.] Etym: [OE. hevi, AS.
hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG. hebig, hevig, Icel.
höfigr, höfugr. See Heave.]
1. 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.
2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or
accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses,
undertakings, trials, news, etc.
The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod. 1 Sam. v. 6.
The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make. Shak.
Sent hither to impart the heavy news. Wordsworth.
Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence. Shak.
3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed
down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain,
disappointment.
The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were. Chapman.
A light wife doth make a heavy husband. Shak.
4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid;
as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer
or book.
Whilst the heavy plowman snores. Shak.
Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind. Dryden.
Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear. Is. lix. 1.
5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and
the like.
6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more. Byron.
7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.
8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy
road, soil, and the like.
9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily
digested; -- said of food.
11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.
12. With child; pregnant. [R.] Heavy artillery. (Mil.) (a) Guns of
great weight or large caliber, esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast
guns. (b) Troops which serve heavy guns.
– Heavy cavalry. See under Cavalry.
– Heavy fire (Mil.), a continuous or destructive cannonading, or
discharge of small arms.
– Heavy metal (Mil.), large guns carrying balls of a large size;
also, large balls for such guns.
– Heavy metals. (Chem.) See under Metal.
– Heavy weight, in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the
heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf.
Feather weight (c), under Feather.
Note: Heavy is used in composition to form many words which need no
special explanation; as, heavy-built, heavy-browed, heavy-gaited,
etc.
Heav"y
Definition: , adv. Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-
laden.
Heav"y, v. t.
Definition: To make heavy. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition