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heavy
adjective as in having great weight
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awkward, big, bulky, burdensome, considerable, cumbersome, excessive, fat, hefty, huge, large, massive, substantial, unwieldy, weighty
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adjective as in difficult, severe
Strongest matches
arduous, burdensome, complicated, hard, harsh, onerous, rough, serious, tedious, tough, violent, weighty
Weak matches
abstruse, acroamatic, boisterous, confused, effortful, esoteric, formidable, grievous, intolerable, knotty, labored, laborious, oppressive, profound, recondite, solemn, stormy, strenuous, tempestuous, toilsome, troublesome, turbulent, vexatious, wearisome
adjective as in depressed; gloomy weather
Weak matches
cloudy, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dull, grieving, leaden, oppressive, sad, sodden, soggy, sorrowful
adjective as in listless, slow
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Example Sentences
Several regions in south-eastern Spain - including the Balearic Islands - have in recent days been battered by heavy rains and flooding.
The heavy rains, caused by two tropical storms, triggered landslides and caused rivers to overflow, sweeping away entire homes as well as roads and cars.
In 2006, some residents sued Biggs and the previous owner, accusing them of failing to repair and stabilize the bluff behind the park that, the previous year, crumbled after heavy rain, leaving some units uninhabitable.
It's considered the "four by four" version of the Arctic dog class because they're used to pulling heavy weights for long distances, according to Joan Sheehan from The Alaskan Malamute Club of the UK.
After each stop, the whaleboat would leave a little heavier, he recalled.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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