Noun Definition

heaviness

1.Definition: 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"

Related Noun(s):ponderousness

Category: General

2.Definition: persisting sadness

"Nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss"

Category: Feelings

3.Definition: the property of being comparatively great in weight

"The heaviness of lead"

Related Noun(s):weightiness

Category: General

4.Definition: unwelcome burdensome difficulty

Related Noun(s):burdensomeness, onerousness, oppressiveness

Category: General

5.Definition: used of a line or mark

Related Noun(s):thickness

Category: General