heavy
adv.
heavily; with weight; oppressively; slowly, ponderously
n.
villainous character, antagonist (Theater); influential person (Slang)
adj.
difficult to lift; having a great weight; very large, massive; grave, serious; deep, profound
Heavy
heavy
Noun
1. an actor who plays villainous roles
(hypernym) actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player
2. a serious (or tragic) role in a play
(hypernym) character, role, theatrical role, part, persona
Adjective
1. of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony furniture"
(antonym) light
(similar) dense
(attribute) weight
2. unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"
(antonym) light
(similar) harsh
3. 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"
(antonym) light
4. having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream"
(similar) thick
5. wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark"
(synonym) thick
(similar) wide, broad
6. 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"
(antonym) light
(similar) burdensome, onerous, taxing
7. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
(synonym) fleshy, overweight
(similar) fat
8. (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
(synonym) clayey, cloggy
(similar) compact
9. darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
(synonym) lowering, sullen, threatening
(similar) cloudy
10. of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"
(antonym) light
(similar) big
11. (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"
(antonym) light
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
12. (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
(similar) wicked
13. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
(synonym) dense, impenetrable
(similar) thick
14. made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
(similar) thick
15. of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker"
(synonym) hard(a)
(similar) intemperate
16. prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
(synonym) big(a), heavy(a)
(similar) intemperate
17. used of syllables or musical beats
(synonym) accented, strong
(similar) stressed
18. full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
(synonym) sonorous
(similar) full
19. 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"
(synonym) grave, grievous, weighty
(similar) important, of import
20. 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"
(synonym) lumbering, ponderous
(similar) heavy-footed
21. large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
(similar) heavy-duty
22. dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
(similar) indigestible
23. sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
(similar) steep
24. full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
(synonym) weighed down
(similar) full
25. requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
(synonym) labored, laboured
(similar) effortful
26. characterized by toilsome 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"
(synonym) arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, laborious, punishing, toilsome
(similar) effortful
27. lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
(synonym) leaden
(similar) dull
28. (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
(synonym) profound, sound, wakeless
(similar) deep
29. in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
(synonym) big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)
(similar) pregnant
Adverb
1. slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands"
(synonym) heavily
heavy
adj.
heavy, serious, deep, profound
Heavy
(v. t.)
To make heavy.
(superl.)
With child; pregnant.
(superl.)
Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.
(superl.)
Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.
(superl.)
Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
(superl.)
Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
(superl.)
Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.
(superl.)
Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
(superl.)
Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.
(superl.)
Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.
(superl.)
Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.
(superl.)
Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.
(superl.)
Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.
(adv.)
Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.
(a.)
Having the heaves.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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