HEAVINESS

burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness

(noun) unwelcome burdensome difficulty

heaviness, weightiness

(noun) the property of being comparatively great in weight; “the heaviness of lead”

thickness, heaviness

(noun) used of a line or mark

ponderousness, heaviness

(noun) 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”

heaviness

(noun) persisting sadness; “nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

heaviness (countable and uncountable, plural heavinesses)

The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity.

(archaic) Oppression; dejectedness, sadness; low spirits.

(obsolete) Drowsiness.

Anagrams

• evanishes

Source: Wiktionary


Heav"i*ness, n.

Definition: The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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