1. The property of being comparatively great in weight
   "the heaviness of lead";
   - weightiness
    
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
   "his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition";
   - ponderousness
    
4. (of a line or mark) the quality of being broad or heavily drawn
   "The heaviness of the pencil line made the sketch appear bold";
   - thickness
    
5. Unwelcome burdensome difficulty
   "The heaviness of his financial troubles weighed heavily on his mind";
   - burdensomeness, onerousness, oppressiveness

Type of: broadness, difficultness, difficulty, sadness, unhappiness, uninterestingness, weight, wideness

Antonym: lightness

Encyclopedia: Heaviness