Heaviness
['hevɪnɪs] or ['hɛvɪnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the property of being comparatively great in weight; 'the heaviness of lead'.
(noun.) persisting sadness; 'nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss'.
Inputed by Julio--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.
Editor: Nell
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Gravity, weight, ponderousness.[2]. Oppressiveness, grievousness, severity.[3]. Languor, dulness, stupidity, sluggishness.[4]. Dejection, depression, sadness, melancholy, despondency, gloom, low spirits, depression of spirits.
Edited by Arnold
Examples
- Rawdon and his son went away with the utmost heaviness of heart. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She could scarcely move her head for pain and heaviness, her eyes were strained and sore, and she was very weak. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- One whole case of an unbelievable heaviness. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The little back is too young to haf such heaviness. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The heaviness in the evening air oppressed us both, and when we reached the boat-house we were glad to sit down and rest inside. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In the heaviness of my heart I turned to my Journal for relief, and wrote in it what is written here. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Checker: Presley