The Wordsmith Dictionary

Heav "y, a. [Compar. Heavier; superl. Heaviest.] Etym: [OE. hevi, AS. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG. hebig, hevig, Icel. höfigr, höfugr. See Heave. ]

1. Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc. ; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.

2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc. The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod. 1 Sam. v. 6.The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make. Shak. Sent hither to impart the heavy news. Wordsworth. Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence. Shak.

3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment. The heavy [sorrowing ] nobles all in council were. Chapman. A light wife doth make a heavy husband. Shak.

4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book. Whilst the heavy plowman snores. Shak. Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind. Dryden. Neither [is ] his ear heavy, that it can not hear. Is. lix. 1.

5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.

6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder. But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more. Byron.

7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.

8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.

9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.

1 . Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.

11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.

12. With child; pregnant. [R.] Heavy artillery. (Mil. ) (a ) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast guns. (b ) Troops which serve heavy guns. -- Heavy cavalry. See under Cavalry. -- Heavy fire (Mil. ), a continuous or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms. -- Heavy metal (Mil. ), large guns carrying balls of a large size; also, large balls for such guns. -- Heavy metals. (Chem. ) See under Metal. -- Heavy weight, in wrestling, boxing, etc. , a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. Feather weight (c ), under Feather.

Note: Heavy is used in composition to form many words which need no special explanation; as, heavy-built, heavy-browed, heavy-gaited, etc.

HEAVY

HEAVY Heav "y

Defn:, adv. Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy- laden.

HEAVY

HEAVY Heav "y, v. t.

Defn: To make heavy. [Obs. ] Wyclif.

HEAVY-ARMED

HEAVY-ARMED Heav "y-armed `, a. (Mil. )

Defn: Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.

HEAVY-HADED

HEAVY-HADED Heav "y-had "ed, a.

Defn: Clumsy; awkward.

HEAVY-HEADED

HEAVY-HEADED Heav "y-head "ed, a.

Defn: Dull; stupid. "Gross heavy-headed fellows." Beau. & Fl.

HEAVY SPAR

HEAVY SPAR Heav "y spar `. (Min. )

Defn: Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals.

New American Oxford Dictionary

heavy

heav y |ˈhevē ˈhɛvi | ▶adjective ( heavier, heaviest ) 1 of great weight; difficult to lift or move: the pan was too heavy for me to carry. • used in questions about weight: how heavy is it? • [ attrib. ] (of a class of thing ) above the average weight; large of its kind: heavy artillery. • [ predic. ] weighed down; full of something: branches heavy with blossoms. • (of a person's head or eyes ) feeling weighed down by weariness: a heavy head. • Physics of or containing atoms of an isotope of greater than the usual mass. See also heavy water. 2 of great density; thick or substantial: heavy gray clouds | a heavy blanket. • (of food or a meal ) hard to digest; too filling. • (of ground or soil ) hard to travel over or work with because muddy or full of clay. • not delicate or graceful; coarse: he had a big mustache and heavy features. • moving slowly or with difficulty: steering that is heavy when parking. • (of a smell ) overpowering: the air was heavy with the sweet odor of apples. • (of the sky ) full of dark clouds; oppressive: a heavy thundery sky. 3 of more than the usual size, amount, or force: rush hour traffic was heavy and I was delayed. • doing something to excess: a heavy smoker. • (heavy on ) using a lot of: stories heavy on melodrama. 4 striking or falling with force: a heavy blow to the head | we had heavy overnight rain. • (of music, esp. rock ) having a strong bass component and a forceful rhythm. 5 needing much physical effort: long hours and heavy work. • mentally oppressive; hard to endure: a heavy burden of responsibility. • important or serious: a heavy discussion. • (of a literary work ) hard to read or understand because overly serious or difficult. • feeling or expressing grief: I left him with a heavy heart. • informal (of a situation ) serious and hard to deal with: things were getting pretty heavy. • informal (of a person ) strict or harsh: the police were really getting heavy. ▶noun ( pl. heavies ) 1 a thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind. • informal a large, strong man, esp. one hired for protection: I needed money to pay off the heavies. • an important person: music business heavies. • (heavies ) Brit. informal serious newspapers: reporters from the Sunday heavies. 2 chiefly Scottish strong beer, esp. bitter: a pint of heavy. ▶adverb heavily: his words hung heavy in the air | [ in combination ] : heavy-laden. PHRASES heavy with child archaic pregnant. make heavy weather of see weather. DERIVATIVES heav i ness noun, heav y ish adjective ORIGIN Old English hefig, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hevig, also to heave .

heavy breathing

heav y breath ing |ˈhɛvi ˈbriðɪŋ | ▶noun breathing that is audible through being deep or labored, esp. in sleep or as a result of exertion.

heavy chain

heav y chain ▶noun Biochemistry the protein subunit that, as one of a pair, makes up the major part of an immunoglobulin molecule.

heavy chemicals

heav y chem i cals ▶plural noun bulk chemicals used in industry and agriculture.

heavy cream

heav y cream ▶noun thick cream that contains a lot of butterfat.

heavy-duty

heav y-du ty |ˈˌhɛvi ˈˌd (j )udi | ▶adjective (of material or an article ) designed to withstand the stresses of demanding use: heavy-duty rubber gloves. • informal intense, important, or abundant: she did some heavy-duty cleaning.

heavy-footed

heav y-foot ed ▶adjective slow and laborious in movement: the whole occasion could resemble a heavy-footed hippo dance in mud.

heavy going

heav y go ing ▶noun a person or situation that is difficult or boring: she found the technical manuals heavy going.

heavy-handed

heav y-hand ed |ˈˌhɛvi ˈˌhændəd | ▶adjective clumsy or insensitive: this heavy-handed prose is merely tiresome. • overly forceful or oppressive: the government's most heavy-handed efforts to muzzle social protest. DERIVATIVES heav y-hand ed ly adverb, heav y-hand ed ness noun

heavy-hearted

heav y-heart ed ▶adjective feeling depressed or melancholy.

heavy hitter

heav y hit ter ▶noun informal 1 an important or powerful person: a high-profile national issue pitting heavy hitters in the Senate against the Department of Agriculture. 2 a high-scoring athlete.

heavy horse

heav y horse ▶noun a large, strong, heavily built horse of a type or breed used for draft work.

heavy hydrogen

heav y hy dro gen ▶noun another term for deuterium.

heavy industry

heav y in dus try ▶noun the manufacture of large, heavy articles and materials in bulk.

heavy-lift

heav y-lift ▶adjective [ attrib. ] (of a vehicle ) capable of lifting or transporting extremely heavy loads: a heavy-lift helicopter.

heavy lifting

heav y lift ing ▶noun the lifting of heavy objects. • hard or difficult work: the heavy lifting in this business is in designing external distribution systems.

heavy metal

heav y met al |ˈhɛvi ˈmɛdl | ▶noun 1 a type of highly amplified harsh-sounding rock music with a strong beat, characteristically using violent or fantastic imagery. 2 a metal of relatively high density, or of high relative atomic weight.

heavy oil

heav y oil ▶noun any of the relatively dense hydrocarbons (denser than water ) derived from petroleum, coal tar, and similar materials.

heavy petting

heav y pet ting |ˈhɛvi pɛdɪŋ | ▶noun erotic contact between two people involving stimulation of the genitals but stopping short of intercourse.

heavyset

heav y set |ˈhevēˌset ˌhɛviˈsɛt | ▶adjective having a stocky or stout build.

heavy sleeper

heav y sleep er ▶noun a person who sleeps deeply and is difficult to wake up.

heavy water

heav y wa ter |ˈhɛvi ˈwɔdər | ▶noun water in which the hydrogen in the molecules is partly or wholly replaced by the isotope deuterium, used esp. as a moderator in nuclear reactors.

heavyweight

heav y weight |ˈhevēˌwāt ˈhɛviˌweɪt | ▶noun 1 a weight in boxing and other sports, typically the heaviest category. In the amateur boxing scale it ranges from 178 to 200 pounds (81 to 91 kg ). • a boxer or other competitor of this weight. 2 a person or thing of above-average weight. • a person of influence or importance, esp. in a particular sphere: a political heavyweight with national recognition. ▶adjective of above-average weight. • serious, important, or influential: heavyweight news coverage.

Oxford Dictionary

heavy

heavy |ˈhɛvi | ▶adjective ( heavier, heaviest ) 1 of great weight; difficult to lift or move: a heavy and bulky load | the pan was too heavy for me to carry. • used in questions about weight: how heavy is it? • [ attrib. ] (of a class of thing ) above the average weight; large of its kind: heavy artillery | heavy woollens. • [ predic. ] weighed down; full of something: branches heavy with blossoms. • (of a person's head or eyes ) feeling weighed down by weariness: a heavy head. 2 of great density; thick or substantial: heavy grey clouds | heavy horn-rimmed glasses. • not delicate or graceful; coarse: he had a big moustache and heavy features. • (of food ) hard to digest; too filling. • (of ground or soil ) muddy or full of clay. • Physics of or containing atoms of an isotope of greater than the usual mass. See also heavy water. 3 of more than the usual size, amount, or intensity: a heavy cold | the traffic was heavy and I was delayed | I fell into a heavy sleep. • (of a smell ) very strong: a heavy scent of oil. • (heavy on ) using a lot of: stories heavy on melodrama. • doing something more, or more deeply, than usual: a heavy smoker. 4 striking or falling with force: a heavy blow to the head | we had heavy overnight rain. • (of music, especially rock ) having a strong bass component and a forceful rhythm. 5 needing much physical effort: heavy work like repairing pathways. • moving slowly or with difficulty: steering that is heavy when parking. 6 very important or serious: a heavy discussion. • (of a literary work ) overly serious or difficult. • mentally oppressive; hard to endure: a heavy burden of responsibility. • feeling or expressing sadness: I left him with a heavy heart. • informal serious or difficult to deal with: things were getting pretty heavy. • informal (of a person ) strict or harsh: the police were really getting heavy. • informal excellent (used as a general term of approval ). ▶noun ( pl. heavies ) 1 informal a thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind. • a large, strong man, especially one hired for protection: I needed money to pay off the heavies. • (heavies ) Brit. informal serious newspapers: reporters from the Sunday heavies. • informal an important person: music business heavies. 2 [ mass noun ] chiefly Scottish strong beer, especially bitter: a pint of heavy. ▶adverb [ usu. in combination ] heavily: heavy-laden. PHRASES heavy going difficult or boring to deal with: she found Hilary heavy going. the heavy mob Brit. informal a group of strong or violent criminals or bodyguards. make heavy weather of see weather. DERIVATIVES heaviness noun, heavyish adjective ORIGIN Old English hefig, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hevig, also to heave .

heavy breathing

heavy breath ¦ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] breathing that is audible through being deep or laboured, especially in sleep or as a result of exertion.

heavy chain

heav y chain ▶noun Biochemistry the protein subunit that, as one of a pair, makes up the major part of an immunoglobulin molecule.

heavy chemicals

heavy chem |icals ▶plural noun bulk chemicals used in industry and agriculture.

heavy cream

heavy cream ▶noun North American term for double cream.

heavy-duty

heavy-duty ▶adjective (of material or an article ) designed to withstand the stresses of demanding use: heavy-duty springs. • informal intense, important, or abundant: she did some heavy-duty cleaning.

heavy-footed

heavy-footed ▶adjective slow and laborious in movement: the All Blacks make the Lions' pack look heavy-footed.

heavy-handed

heavy-handed ▶adjective clumsy, insensitive, or overly forceful: heavy-handed policing. • using too much of something: beware of being heavy-handed with the flour. DERIVATIVES heavy-handedly adverb, heavy-handedness noun

heavy-hearted

heavy-hearted ▶adjective feeling depressed or melancholy: is it better to be serious and heavy-hearted?

heavy hitter

heavy hitter (also big hitter ) ▶noun informal an important or powerful person.

heavy horse

heavy horse ▶noun a large, strong, heavily built horse of a type or breed used for draught work.

heavy hydrogen

heavy hydro |gen ▶noun another term for deuterium.

heavy industry

heavy in |dus |try ▶noun [ mass noun ] the manufacture of large, heavy articles and materials in bulk.

heavy-lift

heav y-lift ▶adjective [ attrib. ] (of a vehicle ) capable of lifting or transporting extremely heavy loads: a heavy-lift helicopter.

heavy lifting

heav y lift ing ▶noun the lifting of heavy objects. • hard or difficult work: the heavy lifting in this business is in designing external distribution systems.

heavy metal

heavy metal ▶noun 1 a metal of relatively high density, or of high relative atomic weight. 2 [ mass noun ] a type of highly amplified harsh-sounding rock music with a strong beat, characteristically using violent or fantastic imagery.

heavy oil

heavy oil ▶noun any of the relatively dense hydrocarbons (denser than water ) derived from petroleum, coal tar, and similar materials.

heavy petting

heavy pet |ting ▶noun [ mass noun ] erotic contact between two people involving stimulation of the genitals but stopping short of intercourse.

heavyset

heavy |set |hɛvɪˈsɛt | ▶adjective (of a person ) broad and strongly built.

heavy sleeper

heav y sleep er ▶noun a person who sleeps deeply and is difficult to wake up.

heavy water

heavy water ▶noun [ mass noun ] water in which the hydrogen in the molecules is partly or wholly replaced by the isotope deuterium, used especially as a moderator in nuclear reactors.

heavyweight

heavy |weight |ˈhɛvɪweɪt | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] a weight in boxing and other sports, typically the heaviest category. In the amateur boxing scale it ranges from 81 to 91 kg. • [ count noun ] a heavyweight boxer or other competitor. 2 a person or thing of above-average weight. • a person of influence or importance in a particular sphere: a political heavyweight with national recognition. ▶adjective of above-average weight. • serious, important, or influential: heavyweight news coverage.

American Oxford Thesaurus

heavy

heavy adjective 1 a heavy box: weighty, hefty, substantial, ponderous; solid, dense, leaden; burdensome; informal hulking, weighing a ton. ANTONYMS light. 2 a heavy man: overweight, fat, obese, corpulent, large, bulky, stout, stocky, portly, plump, paunchy, fleshy; informal hulking, tubby, beefy, porky, pudgy. ANTONYMS thin. 3 a heavy blow to the head: forceful, hard, strong, violent, powerful, vigorous, mighty, hefty, sharp, smart, severe. ANTONYMS gentle. 4 a gardener did the heavy work for me: arduous, hard, physical, laborious, difficult, strenuous, demanding, tough, onerous, back-breaking, grueling; archaic toilsome. ANTONYMS easy. 5 a heavy burden of responsibility: onerous, burdensome, demanding, challenging, difficult, formidable, weighty; worrisome, stressful, trying, crushing, oppressive. ANTONYMS undemanding, moderate. 6 heavy fog: dense, thick, soupy, murky, impenetrable. ANTONYMS light, wispy. 7 a heavy sky: overcast, cloudy, clouded, gray, dull, gloomy, murky, dark, black, stormy, leaden, lowering. ANTONYMS sunny, bright. 8 heavy rain: torrential, relentless, copious, teeming, severe. ANTONYMS light, intermittent. 9 heavy soil: clayey, muddy, sticky, wet. ANTONYMS friable, dry. 10 a heavy fine: sizable, hefty, substantial, colossal, big, considerable; stiff; informal tidy, whopping, steep, astronomical. ANTONYMS small. 11 heavy seas: tempestuous, turbulent, rough, wild, stormy, choppy, squally. ANTONYMS calm. 12 heavy fighting: intense, fierce, vigorous, relentless, all-out, severe, serious. ANTONYMS halfhearted. 13 a heavy drinker: immoderate, excessive, intemperate, overindulgent, unrestrained, uncontrolled. ANTONYMS moderate. 14 a heavy meal: substantial, filling, hearty, large, big, ample, sizable, generous, square, solid. ANTONYMS light. 15 their diet is heavy on vegetables: abounding in, abundant in, lavish with, profuse with, unstinting with, using a lot of. ANTONYMS light on. 16 he felt heavy and very tired: lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid, languid, apathetic, logy. ANTONYMS energetic, animated. 17 a heavy heart: sad, sorrowful, melancholy, gloomy, downcast, downhearted, heartbroken, dejected, disconsolate, demoralized, despondent, depressed, crestfallen, desolate, down; informal blue; literary dolorous. ANTONYMS cheerful. 18 these poems are rather heavy: tedious, difficult, dull, dry, serious, heavy going, dreary, boring, turgid, uninteresting. 19 branches heavy with blossoms: laden, loaded, covered, filled, groaning, bursting, teeming, abounding. 20 a heavy crop: bountiful, plentiful, abundant, large, bumper, rich, copious, considerable, sizable, profuse; informal whopping; literary plenteous. ANTONYMS meager. 21 he has heavy features: coarse, rough, rough-hewn, unrefined; rugged, craggy. ANTONYMS delicate. WORD SPECTRUM: light / heavy See light 2 Word Spectrums show shades of meaning between two polar opposites.

heavy-handed

heavy-handed adjective 1 they are heavy-handed with the equipment: clumsy, awkward, maladroit, unhandy, inept, unskillful; informal ham-handed, ham-fisted, all thumbs. ANTONYMS dexterous. 2 heavy-handed policing: insensitive, oppressive, overbearing, high-handed, harsh, stern, severe, tyrannical, despotic, ruthless, merciless; tactless, undiplomatic, inept. ANTONYMS sensitive.

heavy-hearted

heavy-hearted adjective dozens of heavy-hearted supporters gathered to hear his concession speech: melancholy, sad, sorrowful, mournful, gloomy, depressed, desolate, despondent, dejected, downhearted, downcast, crestfallen, disconsolate, glum, miserable, wretched, dismal, morose, woeful, woebegone, doleful, unhappy; informal down in the dumps, down in /at the mouth, blue; literary dolorous. ANTONYMS cheerful.

Oxford Thesaurus

heavy

heavy adjective 1 the pan was too heavy for me to carry: weighty, hefty, big, large, substantial, massive, ponderous; solid, dense, leaden; burdensome; informal hulking, weighing a ton. ANTONYMS light. 2 he was a heavy man of about sixty: overweight, large, bulky, stout, stocky, portly, plump, paunchy, fleshy, fat, obese, corpulent, of ample build, ample, well upholstered, well padded, broad in the beam, Falstaffian; informal hulking, tubby, beefy, porky, pudgy, blubbery, poddy; Brit. informal podgy; archaic pursy. ANTONYMS thin. 3 a heavy blow to the head: forceful, hard, strong, violent, powerful, vigorous, mighty, hefty, tremendous, sharp, smart, severe, grievous. ANTONYMS gentle. 4 a gardener comes in to do the heavy work for me: arduous, hard, physical, laborious, demanding, difficult, exacting, strenuous, tough, onerous, back-breaking, tiring, fatiguing, exhausting, wearying, gruelling; informal murderous, killing, hellish; Brit. informal knackering; rare toilsome, exigent. ANTONYMS easy. 5 a heavy burden of responsibility: onerous, burdensome, demanding, challenging, difficult, formidable, weighty, worrisome, wearisome, stressful, trying, crushing, exacting, oppressive; rare toilsome, exigent. ANTONYMS undemanding. 6 the helicopter ran into heavy fog: dense, thick, opaque, soupy, murky, smoggy, impenetrable. ANTONYMS light, wispy. 7 we had heavy overnight rain: torrential, relentless, copious, intense, teeming, excessive, strong, severe. ANTONYMS light. 8 the summer weather is very heavy here: humid, sultry, muggy, close, sticky, clammy, steamy, oppressive, airless, like a Turkish bath, like a sauna. ANTONYMS fresh; arid. 9 this tool is ideal for breaking up heavy soil: clayey, clay, viscous, viscid, muddy, sticky, glutinous, gluey, difficult, wet; Brit. claggy; Scottish & N. English clarty; informal gooey, gloopy, cloggy; N. Amer. informal gloppy. ANTONYMS friable; dry. 10 heavy losses | a heavy fine: sizeable, substantial, hefty, colossal, big, considerable; stiff; informal tidy, whopping (great ), steep, astronomical; Brit. informal whacking (great ). ANTONYMS small. 11 the boat encountered very heavy seas: tempestuous, turbulent, wild, violent, rough, stormy, storm-tossed, choppy, squally. ANTONYMS calm. 12 the battalion was involved in heavy fighting: intense, intensive, fierce, vigorous, concentrated, relentless, all-out, severe, serious, excessive, considerable, immoderate. ANTONYMS half-hearted. 13 he is a heavy drinker: immoderate, intemperate, overindulgent, unrestrained, uncontrolled, excessive. ANTONYMS moderate. 14 you shouldn't eat a heavy meal after 6 pm: substantial, filling, hearty, large, big, ample, sizeable, generous, square, solid. ANTONYMS light. 15 the Japanese diet is heavy on soybeans and vegetables: abounding in, abundant in, lavish with, generous with, liberal with, profuse with, extravagant with, free with, unstinting with, using a lot of; overabundant in, using too much of, overusing. ANTONYMS light on. 16 he felt heavy and very tired: lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid, languid, apathetic, lacking in energy. ANTONYMS energetic; animated. 17 I left him with a heavy heart: sad, sorrowful, melancholy, gloomy, downcast, downhearted, heartbroken, disheartened, dejected, disconsolate, demoralized, discouraged, despondent, depressed, crestfallen, crushed, disappointed, desolate, grief-stricken, grieving; informal blue, down, down in the mouth, down in the dumps; literary dolorous; archaic heartsick, heartsore. ANTONYMS cheerful. 18 these poems are dull and heavy | the editors of the heavy dailies: tedious, difficult, dull, dry, serious, over-serious, heavy-going, dreary, boring, turgid, uninteresting, wearisome, dry as dust; informal deadly. ANTONYMS readable. 19 branches heavy with blossoms: laden, loaded, covered, filled, groaning, bursting, teeming, abounding, weighed down, weighted down. 20 we had a heavy crop of good quality fruit: bountiful, plentiful, abundant, large, bumper, handsome, lavish, rich, copious, considerable, sizeable, profuse; informal whopping, thumping; Brit. informal whacking; literary plenteous, bounteous. ANTONYMS meagre. 21 he had a big moustache and heavy features: coarse, rough, rough-hewn, ungraceful, unrefined, inelegant; rugged, craggy. ANTONYMS delicate.

heavy-handed

heavy-handed adjective 1 they tend to be heavy-handed with the equipment: clumsy, awkward, maladroit, unhandy, inept, unskilful, inexpert, graceless, ungraceful; informal ham-handed, ham-fisted, cack-handed; Brit. informal all thumbs, all fingers and thumbs. ANTONYMS dexterous. 2 heavy-handed policing: insensitive, oppressive, overbearing, high-handed, harsh, hard, stern, severe, tyrannical, despotic, autocratic, ruthless, merciless; tactless, undiplomatic, thoughtless, inconsiderate, inept. ANTONYMS sensitive.

heavy-hearted

heavy-hearted adjective melancholy, sad, sorrowful, melancholic, mournful, lugubrious, gloomy, pensive; depressed, desolate, despondent, dejected, down, downhearted, downcast, crestfallen, disconsolate, glum, sunk in gloom, miserable, wretched, dismal, dispirited, discouraged, low, in low spirits, in the doldrums, blue, morose, funereal, woeful, woebegone, doleful, wistful, unhappy, joyless, low-spirited, sombre; informal down in the dumps, down in the mouth, blue; literary dolorous; archaic heartsick, heartsore, chap-fallen. ANTONYMS cheerful.

Duden Dictionary

heavy

hea vy Adjektiv Jugendsprache |ˈhɛvi |indeklinables Adjektiv englisch heavy < altenglisch hefig, zu: hebban = (er )heben, verwandt mit heben schwer, schwierig die Sache ist heavy

Heavy Metal

Hea vy Me tal Substantiv, Neutrum , das Heavy Rock |ˈhɛvi ˈmɛtl̩ |das Heavy Metal; Genitiv: des Heavy Metal [s ] englisch, eigentlich = Schwermetall aggressivere Variante des Hardrocks Kurzform: Metal

Heavy Rock

Hea vy Rock Substantiv, maskulin , der Heavy Metal |Heavy R o ck ˈhɛvi -|der Heavy Rock; Genitiv: des Heavy Rock [s ] englisch aggressivere Variante des Hardrocks Kurzform: Metal

Spanish Dictionary

heavy

heavy nombre masculino 1 Estilo musical nacido a finales de la década de 1960 como derivación del rock duro, que se caracteriza por su ritmo fuerte y repetitivo y porque se toca enérgicamente, a un volumen muy elevado y distorsionando el sonido con frecuencia :en el Festival Musical de la Paz de Moscú (agosto de 1989 ) intervinieron Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions y Motley Crue, entre otros grupos de heavy occidentales .heavy metal Variedad radical del heavy, en que cobran especial importancia la potencia sonora y el sonido metálico de los instrumentos eléctricos .Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘jevi métal ’.2 adjetivo De este estilo musical o relacionado con él :música heavy; grupo heavy .3 adjetivo /nombre común [persona ] Que es aficionado a este estilo musical y al movimiento juvenil creado en torno a él :en algunas ciudades son frecuentes los enfrentamientos entre heavies y punks .4 adjetivo Que es propio o característico de estas personas :la estética heavy, tanto en los músicos como en sus seguidores, se caracteriza, entre otras cosas, por el uso de prendas ceñidas, muchas veces de cuero (habitualmente con parches y remaches ) y el pelo muy largo .5 Esp coloquial Que produce impresión o asombro por ser algo extraordinario, desagradable o muy intenso :es muy heavy lo que te ha hecho tu socio; en esta película hay escenas muy heavies .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del inglés heavy ‘fuerte ’, elisión de heavy (metal ), que por extensión se emplea también para ‘áspero, violento ’.Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘jevi ’.El plural es heavies .

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

heavy

heav y /hévi /〖「持ち上げる (heave )ことが大変な」＞「重い」〗(副 )heavily 形容詞 -ier ; -iest 1 a. 〈物人が〉重い , 重量のある ; 比重の大きい (↔light 1 ) (!｟コーパス｠人に用いるときは客観的な判断を求められる文脈で好まれる; ↓第2例 ) ▸ a heavy bag 重いかばん ▸ John was much heavier than his opponent .ジョンは対戦相手よりはるかに体重があった ▸ This box is too heavy for a small child to move .この箱は小さな子供が動かすには重すぎる ▸ His legs felt as heavy as lead .彼の脚は鉛のように重く感じられた ▸ “How heavy is that package? ” “Only a few kilos.”「その小包はどのくらいの重さですか」「ほんの数キロです」 (!How heavy …?は一般に体重を聞く表現としては露骨で失礼に響くことが多いので, How much do you weigh? , What is your weight? , May I ask your weight? などを用いる方が普通 ) .b. 〈同位元素が〉より大きな原子量を持った .2 〖通例名詞の前で〗a. (程度量強さ深刻さなどの点で )大きい ; 甚だしい, 並はずれた ; ひどい〈雨雪なまりなど〉; 激しい〈使用戦闘砲撃など〉; 大きな〈損失信頼など〉; 重大な〈任務罰など〉; 重い〈負担責任など〉; 強烈な, きつい〈皮肉など〉 (!しばしば不快感を表す名詞を伴う; ↔light 1 ) ▸ catch a heavy cold ひどいかぜをひく ▸ You can expect heavy traffic on Friday nights. ≒Traffic can be heavy on Friday nights .金曜日の夜はいつもすごい交通量が見込まれる ▸ heavy [｟まれ｠hard ] rains ≒(a ) heavy [hard ] rain 大雨 ▸ with [have ] a heavy Scottish accent 強いスコットランドなまりで [がある ]▸ heavy taxes 重税 ▸ pay a heavy price for ……のために高い代償を払う ▸ The battle caused heavy casualties on our side .戦闘は我が方に多大な死傷者をもたらした .b. 大量に, 甚だしく〈…する人〉▸ a heavy smoker [drinker, user ]ヘビースモーカー [大酒飲み, ヘビーユーザ ]▸ a heavy sleeper 簡単には目を覚まさない人 .コーパスの窓 heavyとhard どちらも程度の甚だしさを表す際に用いられるが, 一般に heavy は否定的評価を, hard は肯定的評価を表す際に好まれる. a. heavyの方が優勢なもの ▸ heavy [｟まれ｠hard ] smoking 過度の喫煙, 愛煙 ▸ heavy [hard ] fighting 激戦 (!heavyの方が圧倒的に普通 ) ▸ a heavy [╳hard ] storm ひどいあらし .b. hardの方が優勢なもの ▸ a hard [｟まれ｠heavy ] worker 勤勉家 ▸ hard [heavy ] labor 重労働 (!hardの方が圧倒的に普通 ) ▸ hard [heavy ] training 厳しい訓練 (↓3a ).3 a. (肉体的に )〈仕事などが〉耐えがたい , 力のいる , 骨の折れる , つらい (↑コーパスの窓 )▸ do heavy work 重労働をする ▸ The steering on this car is rather heavy .この車のハンドルはかなり重い .b. ｟通例けなして｠〈物事が〉 (精神的に )きつい ; 〈芸術作品番組文体などが〉重苦しい , 難しい , おもしろみのない ; 〈新聞が〉まじめな , かたい ▸ I need a book to read on the plane ―nothing too heavy .機内で読む本が1冊欲しいなあ, あまり肩のこらないのが .4 a. 〈衣類靴なべなどが〉厚手の , しっかりとした (↔light 1 )▸ heavy curtains 厚手のカーテン .b. 〈人体格などが〉がっしりした ; ｟米遠回しに｠肉付きのいい (→fat 類義 )▸ a man with heavy features [a heavy build ](目鼻口が大きくて )大作りな顔 [がっしりした体格 ]の男 c. 〈建物宝石などが〉重量感のある , 重々しい ; 〈線ひも書体などが〉太い (↔light 1 )▸ a heavy table どっしりしたテーブル .5 a. 〈食べ物が〉重たい , こってりした , 【胃に】もたれる «on » ; 〈食事が〉量が多い , たっぷりした ; 〈パンケーキなどが〉よくふくれていない ; 〈ビールなどが〉アルコール度の高い , 濃い ; 〈ワインが〉こくのある (↔light 1 )▸ a heavy breakfast たっぷりした [腹持ちがいい ]朝食 ▸ a heavy pudding 濃厚なプディング .b. 〈味が〉濃い , きつい ; 〈香り香水などが〉 (通例心地よく )濃厚な .6 a. ｟主に文｠ «…で » いっぱいの , ぎっしり詰まった ; 〈木庭などが〉【実花などを】いっぱいにつけた ; 〈声が〉【性質に】満ちている «with » ▸ plum trees heavy with blossoms 花をいっぱいつけた梅の木 ▸ The room was heavy with the smell of roses .部屋にはバラの香りが充満していた ▸ His voice was heavy with sarcasm .彼の声は嫌みたらたらであった .b. 〖通例名詞の前で〗ぎっしり詰まった〈日程など〉; 忙しい〈仕事日など〉▸ It was a heavy day at the office .1日会社で忙しかった .7 a. 低く太い〈息遣いため息など〉▸ with [give ] a heavy sigh 重いため息をついて [つく ].b. 〈ロックなどが〉ビートのきいた .c. 息苦しい , 重苦しい〈沈黙雰囲気など〉.d. 〖通例名詞の前で〗強烈な , 力いっぱいの〈落下打撃など〉(↔gentle )▸ a heavy blow [punch ]きつい一発 .8 a. 〈地面運動場などが〉ぬかるんだ .b. 〖通例名詞の前で〗中身の詰まった , 濃密な〈物質〉; 固い , 粘土質の , 耕しにくい〈土など〉; 粘っこい〈液体〉(↔light 1 ).9 〖通例名詞の前で〗大型で強力な〈機械乗り物兵器など〉, 重 …; 〘軍〙重装備の ▸ a manufacturer of heavy machinery 重機 (械 )メーカー ▸ the heavy artillery 重砲 (部隊 ).10 ｟くだけて｠〖be ～ on A 〗〈人物が〉A 〈物〉をたくさん使う [使いすぎる ], ひどく消費する [食う ]▸ It's a great car, but it's heavy on fuel .すごい車だが, 燃費があまりに悪い ▸ She always goes too heavy on the salt [makeup ].彼女はいつも塩分を摂りすぎる [化粧がきつすぎる ].11 a. 〈空気が〉 (風がなくて ) «…で » むっとして «with » ; 〖itを主語にして〗(天候空気などが )どんよりした , うっとうしい ▸ The air was heavy with the smell of sweat .空気は汗のにおいでむっとしていた .b. ｟文｠〈海などが〉荒れ模様の ▸ heavy seas 荒波 .c. ｟文｠〈空雲などが〉 (雨が降りそうで )暗い .12 ｟文｠a. 〈心が〉沈んだ, 悲しい (↔light 1 )▸ with a heavy heart 沈んだ心で .b. 〈目表情が〉悲しそうな , 疲れた , 不機嫌な .13 ｟俗｠〈状況が〉やっかいな , 頭の痛い ; ｟主に米俗｠危険な (!いずれも｟英｠では｟やや古｠に響くことがある ) .14 〈人が〉 «…に » 厳格な , 厳しい «on » ▸ Why are you always so heavy on me? あなたはどうしていつも私にそう厳しいの .15 ｟くだけて｠〈関係などが〉濃厚な, 深い , 真剣な .16 〈動作が〉のろい , ぎこちない ; 〈人が〉頭が鈍い , のろまな ▸ break into a heavy run よたよたと走り出す .g è t h é avy ｟くだけて｠〈事態などが〉ひどく深刻になる, 緊張する ; 〈人が〉本気になる, 入れ込む ; «人に対して /…のことで » 厳しい態度をとる, 辛くあたる «with /about » ▸ It got very heavy .その場はぴりぴりとした空気に包まれた .副詞＝heavily .be h é avy into A ｟米くだけた話｠A 〈好ましくない活動〉に夢中になっている, 入れ込んでいる .h à ng [l ì e, b è, w è igh ] h é avy 〈感情におい煙などが〉【場所などに】うっとうしく漂う, よどむ «in, on » ; 〈空気が〉【においなどで】むっとしている «with » ; 〈暗い出来事人などが〉【雰囲気感情人 (の双肩 )などに】重くのしかかる «in, on » ▸ Black clouds hung heavy in the sky .黒雲が重く空にたれこめていた ▸ Around this time, revolution hung heavy in the air all over Europe .このころ革命の気配がヨーロッパ全土に重く漂っていた ▸ Time hangs [lies ] heavy on my hands .｟文｠(退屈などで )時の流れがゆっくりに感じられる .名詞複 -ies 1 C ｟話｠(演劇映画の )まじめな男役 ; 悪役 (villain ); 悲劇的な役 (の演者 ).2 C ｟くだけて｠〖通例 -ies 〗用心棒 , ボディガード ; 脅し屋 ; あらくれ男 .3 ｟英話｠〖the -ies 〗大判の新聞, 高級紙 (broadsheet )(→tabloid ).4 U ｟スコット｠強いビール, (特に )ビター .5 C ｟話｠ヘビー級ボクサー .6 C ｟話｠大 (立 )物 , 重要人物 .7 C 重爆撃機 ; 〖-ies 〗重砲 (部隊 ).～̀ br é ather (いやらしい )迷惑電話をかける男 .～̀ br é athing 1 (いやらしい )迷惑電話 .2 低く太い [いやらしい ]息 (遣い ); ｟比喩的に｠性的欲望 [興奮 ].～̀ brig á de ＝heavy mob .～̀ cr é am ｟米｠(脂肪分の高い )濃厚なクリーム (｟英｠double cream ).～̀ d á te ｟米通例おどけて｠(性行為まで含むような )大事なデート (!俗に3回目のデートとされることがある ) .～̀ g ó ods v è hicle ｟英｠重貨物運搬車 (｟略｠HGV ).～̀ h á nd 1 不器用な手 .2 あまりに高圧的なやり方 .～̀ h í tter (!｟米くだけて｠) 1 (特に政財界で )力のある人 [会社 ].2 〘野球〙強打者 .～̀ h ý drogen 〘化〙重水素 .～̀ í ndustry 重工業 .～̀ m é tal 1 〘楽〙ヘビーメタル, ヘビメタ〘激しいビート大音量で演奏されるロックの一種〙.2 〘鉱〙重金属 .3 巨砲, 重砲 ; 強敵 .～̀ m ó b ｟英くだけて｠〖集合的に〗用心棒 .～̀ ó il 重油 .～̀ p é tting ｟やや古｠激しいペッティング .～̀ w á ter (原子炉で使用される )重水 .

heavy-duty

h è avy-d ú ty 形容詞〖通例名詞の前で〗1 頑丈な, 丈夫な〈布など〉; 酷使に耐えるように設計された〈機械設備など〉.2 ｟主に米くだけて｠重大な, 複雑な, 心の動揺を伴った〈出来事など〉.3 高関税の .

heavy-handed

h è avy-h á nd ed /-ɪd /形容詞 1 ｟けなして｠〈ふるまいなどが〉必要以上に力が入っている, 乱暴な, がさつな, 荒っぽい, 思いやりのない (↔gentle ).2 〈人が〉【物を】使いすぎた, 扱うのが不器用な «with » .～ly 副詞～ness 名詞

heavy-hearted

h è avy-h é art ed /-ɪd /形容詞｟文｠憂うつな, 悲しい .

heavy-laden

h è avy-l á den 形容詞 1 重荷を背負った [積んだ ].2 苦労の多い, 悩みの多い .

heavy-set

h è avy-s é t 形容詞がっしりした体格の, 強そうな体つきの .

heavyweight

h é avy w è ight 名詞 C 1 ｟くだけて｠重要人物, 有力者, 影響力の大きい人物 [組織 ]▸ rock'n'roll heavyweights ロック界の大物 .2 (ボクシングの )ヘビー級選手 .