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heaviness

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nounburden

Word Origin & History

Old English hefigness "heaviness, weight; burden, affliction; dullness, torpor;" see heavy + -ness.

Example Sentences for heaviness

Some of the heaviness of his spirit always left him at sight of the little house.

But, what with the heat and with heaviness of spirit, he did not notice her depression until he rose.

Life is pleasant enough to me; dull and full of heaviness to you.

Mr. Quinn, when he was told of the heaviness of Henry's slumber, said "Let him lie on!"

These were only light spells of heaviness, ...

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Synonyms for heaviness

noun burden

denseness
density
mass
thickness
weight

Antonyms for heaviness

thinness

More words related to heaviness

density

noun. bulk, mass

body
closeness
compactness
concretion
consistency
crowdedness
denseness
frequency
heaviness
impenetrability
massiveness
quantity
solidity
substantiality
thickness
tightness

fatigue

noun. tiredness

brain fag
burnout
debility
dullness
enervation
ennui
exhaustion
faintness
fatigation
feebleness
heaviness
languor
lassitude
lethargy
listlessness
overtiredness
weakness
weariness

fatness

noun. overweight

adiposity
breadth
bulkiness
corpulence
distension
flab
flesh
fleshiness
girth
grossness
heaviness
heftiness
inflation
largeness
obesity
plumpness
portliness
protuberance
pudginess
rotundity
size
stoutness
tumidity
weight

gloom

noun. melancholy, depression

anguish
bitterness
blue devils
blue funk
blues
catatonia
chagrin
cheerlessness
dejection
desolation
despair
despondency
disconsolateness
discouragement
dismals
distress
doldrums
dolor
downheartedness
dullness
dumps
foreboding
grief
heaviness
heavy-heartedness
horror
low spirits
malaise
misery
misgiving
mopes
morbidity
mourning
oppression
pensiveness
pessimism
sadness
saturninity
sorrow
unhappiness
vexation
weariness
woe

gravity

noun. force of attraction

force
heaviness
pressure
weight

humidity

noun. very damp weather

clamminess
dampness
dankness
dew
dewiness
evaporation
fogginess
heaviness
humectation
humidness
moistness
moisture
mugginess
oppressiveness
sogginess
steam
steaminess
stickiness
sultriness
sweatiness
swelter
thickness
vaporization
wet
wetness

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