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Adjective
  • in an advanced stage of pregnancy
    • was big with child
    • was great with child
  • (of sleep) deep and complete
    • a heavy sleep
    • fell into a profound sleep
    • a sound sleeper
    • deep wakeless sleep
  • lacking lightness or liveliness
    • heavy humor
    • a leaden conversation
  • characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
    • worked their arduous way up the mining valley
    • a grueling campaign
    • hard labor
    • heavy work
    • heavy going
    • spent many laborious hours on the project
    • set a punishing pace
  • requiring or showing effort
    • heavy breathing
    • the subject made for labored reading
  • full of; bearing great weight
    • trees heavy with fruit
    • vines weighed down with grapes
  • sharply inclined
    • a heavy grade
  • dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
    • a heavy pudding
  • large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
    • a heavy truck
    • heavy machinery
  • slow and laborious because of weight
    • the heavy tread of tired troops
    • moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
    • ponderous prehistoric beasts
    • a ponderous yawn
  • of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
    • grave responsibilities
    • faced a grave decision in a time of crisis
    • a grievous fault
    • heavy matters of state
    • the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference
  • given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
    • a hard drinker
  • full and loud and deep
    • heavy sounds
    • a herald chosen for his sonorous voice
  • prodigious
    • big spender
    • big eater
    • heavy investor
  • made of fabric having considerable thickness
    • a heavy coat
  • of relatively large extent and density
    • a heavy line
  • permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
    • dense smoke
    • heavy fog
    • impenetrable gloom
  • (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
    • Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'
  • (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
    • heavy hydrogen
    • heavy water
  • of great intensity or power or force
    • a heavy blow
    • the fighting was heavy
    • heavy seas
  • darkened by clouds
    • a heavy sky
  • (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
    • the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated
  • usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
  • marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
    • a heavy heart
    • a heavy schedule
    • heavy news
    • a heavy silence
    • heavy eyelids
  • of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
    • heavy artillery
    • heavy infantry
    • a heavy cruiser
    • heavy guns
    • heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries
  • unusually great in degree or quantity or number
    • heavy taxes
    • a heavy fine
    • heavy casualties
    • heavy losses
    • heavy rain
    • heavy traffic
  • of comparatively great physical weight or density
    • a heavy load
    • lead is a heavy metal
    • heavy mahogany furniture
Adverb
  • slowly as if burdened by much weight
    • time hung heavy on their hands
Noun
  • a serious (or tragic) role in a play
  • an actor who plays villainous roles
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