Heavy

adverb
'hɛvi

Adjective

  • characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

    heavy work

    heavy going

    Similar:ArduousBackbreakingGruelingGruellingHard
  • lacking lightness or liveliness

    heavy humor

    Similar:Leaden
  • slow and laborious because of weight

    the heavy tread of tired troops

    Similar:LumberingPonderous
  • of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

    heavy matters of state

    Similar:GraveGrievousWeighty
  • requiring or showing effort

    heavy breathing

    Similar:LaboredLaboured
  • full of; bearing great weight

    trees heavy with fruit

  • prodigious

    heavy investor

    Similar:Big
  • darkened by clouds

    a heavy sky

    Similar:LoweringSullenThreatening
  • (used of soil) compact and fine-grained

    the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated

    Similar:ClayeyCloggy
  • permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

    heavy fog

  • full and loud and deep

    heavy sounds

    Similar:Sonorous
  • (of sleep) deep and complete

    a heavy sleep

    Similar:ProfoundSoundWakeless
  • large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work

    a heavy truck

    heavy machinery

  • marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness

    a heavy heart

    a heavy schedule

    heavy news

  • of comparatively great physical weight or density

    a heavy load

    lead is a heavy metal

    heavy mahogany furniture

  • of great intensity or power or force

    a heavy blow

    the fighting was heavy

    heavy seas

  • unusually great in degree or quantity or number

    heavy taxes

    a heavy fine

    heavy casualties

  • dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal

    a heavy pudding

  • made of fabric having considerable thickness

    a heavy coat

  • (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain

    Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'

  • of relatively large extent and density

    a heavy line

  • (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight

    heavy hydrogen

    heavy water

  • sharply inclined

    a heavy grade

  • in an advanced stage of pregnancy

    Similar:BigEnceinteExpectantGravidGreat
  • usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

    Similar:FleshyOverweight
  • given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

    Similar:HardIntemperate

Noun

  • an actor who plays villainous roles

    Type of:HistrionActorPlayer
  • a serious (or tragic) role in a play

    Type of:PartPersonaRole

Adverb

  • slowly as if burdened by much weight

    time hung heavy on their hands

    Similar:Heavily

Other

  • 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

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