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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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