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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. the property of being comparatively great in weight;
- Example: "the heaviness of lead"
[syn: heaviness, weightiness]

2. persisting sadness;
- Example: "nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss"

3. an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency;
- Example: "a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness"
- Example: "his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition"
[syn: ponderousness, heaviness]

4. used of a line or mark;
[syn: thickness, heaviness]

5. unwelcome burdensome difficulty;
[syn: burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Heaviness \Heav"i*ness\, n.
   The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses;
   weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

heaviness
    n 1: the property of being comparatively great in weight; "the
         heaviness of lead" [syn: heaviness, weightiness] [ant:
         lightness, weightlessness]
    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" [syn: ponderousness, heaviness]
    4: used of a line or mark [syn: thickness, heaviness]
    5: unwelcome burdensome difficulty [syn: burdensomeness,
       heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness]