the property of being comparatively great in weight; the heaviness of lead

[ Syn: weightiness ]

persisting sadness; nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss'

an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency; a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness; his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition

[ Syn: ponderousness ]

used of a line or mark

[ Syn: thickness ]

unwelcome burdensome difficulty

[ Syn: burdensomeness , onerousness , oppressiveness ]