heavinessnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈhev.i.nəs/us/ˈhev.i.nəs/heaviness noun [ U ] (WEIGHING A LOT)
the quality of weighing a lot
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Thick, dense and heavy
- chunky
- clunky
- cumbersome
- dense
- densely
- density
- encumber
- heavy
- hefty
- lumpen
- sludgy
- thick
- thicken
- thickness
- unwieldy
- weigh
- weigh a ton idiom
- weight
- wiry
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heaviness noun [ U ] (TO A GREAT DEGREE)
the quality of being done or happening to a great degree:
We were delayed by the heaviness of the traffic.
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Serious and severe
- acute
- acutely
- chronic
- critical
- critically
- desperate
- dire
- egregious
- gravity
- grievous
- heavy
- mortal
- non-fatal
- serious
- seriously
- severity
- stiffness
- swingeing
- terminal
- utmost
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