Origin: Germanic
Old English suffix
Heaviness has 6 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
the property of being comparatively great in weight
"the heaviness of lead"
2
persisting sadness
"nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss"
3
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"
5
unwelcome burdensome difficulty
6
The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity.
Example Sentences
"the heaviness of lead"
noun
"nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss"
noun
"a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness"
noun
"his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition"
noun
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)