heaviness

noun

1. the property of being comparatively great in weight

- the heaviness of lead

Similar word(s): weightiness

Definition categories: attribute, weight

2. persisting sadness

- nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss

Definition categories: feeling, sadness, unhappiness

3. an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency

- his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition

Similar word(s): ponderousness

Definition categories: attribute, uninterestingness

4. used of a line or mark

Similar word(s): thickness

Definition categories: attribute, broadness, wideness

5. unwelcome burdensome difficulty

Similar word(s): burdensomeness, onerousness, oppressiveness

Definition categories: attribute, difficultness, difficulty