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heaviness Definition

heavi·ness (hevē nis)

noun

a heavy quality or state
heaviness Synonyms

heaviness

n.

burden, denseness, ballast; see density 1, mass 1, weight 1.

heaviness Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • heart: Monday Unusually, I feel a slight heaviness of heart at going back in to work today.
  • rainfall: I didn't count on the heaviness of the rainfall in what should, by now, be the dry season.

Converse of object

  • crush: Bands like Slayer and Metallica would take the crushing heaviness of doom metal and up the velocity of the music.
  • feel: Some people feel great heaviness coming over their bodies, others feel very light or numb.
  • have: Even then they had the heaviness of fellow Brum band Black Sabbath.
  • avoid: The Gen-2 is neat and attractive, avoiding that heaviness of appearance that afflicts so many modern cars.
  • reduce: Weight reduction will improve cycle control and reduce the heaviness of menstrual flow.
  • experience: During treatment, patients commonly experience a heaviness in the limbs or a pleasant feeling of relaxation.

Adjective modifier

  • great: Some people feel great heaviness coming over their bodies, others feel very light or numb.
  • extreme: And for all its extreme heaviness, disjointedness and chaos, it's executed with such a perfect sense of synchronization it's astonishing.
  • very: The very heaviness of his soul caused him to sleep profoundly.

Preposition: in

  • scrotum: Other warning signs include a general sensation of heaviness in the scrotum, or a dull ache in the lower abdomen or groin.
  • limb: During treatment, patients commonly experience a heaviness in the limbs or a pleasant feeling of relaxation.
  • head: A severe withdrawal reaction followed ( vertigo, dizziness, ataxia, nausea, diplopia, heaviness in head and feelings of dissociation ).
  • body: Physical perceptions may gain more importance, and the subject may experience heightened tingling feelings or heaviness in the lower body.
heaviness Quotes

Thy rebukehath brokenmy heart;Iam full of heaviness: I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. They gave me gall to eat: and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.

—Book of Common Prayer