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"
in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
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"
of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker"
sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony furniture"
large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
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"
unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"
of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"
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"
made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream"
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
a serious (or tragic) role in a play
an actor who plays villainous roles
slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands"
requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
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"
(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark"
full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
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
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 a
used of syllables or musical beats
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello''"
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
darkened by clouds
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained
(of sleep) deep and complete
lacking lightness or liveliness
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
requiring or showing effort
full of; bearing great weight
sharply inclined
dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
of comparatively great physical weight or density
large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
unusually great in degree or quantity or number
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
of great intensity or power or force
slow and laborious because of weight
of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
full and loud and deep
prodigious
made of fabric having considerable thickness
of relatively large extent and density
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
