Synonym: bulky, fat, hefty, laden, weighty. Antonym: light. Similar words: heavily, leave, weave, leave for, leave out, leave off, leave alone, be available. Meaning: [‘hevɪ] 
n. 1. an actor who plays villainous roles 2. a serious (or tragic) role in a play. adj. 1. of comparatively great physical weight or density 2. unusually great in degree or quantity or number 3. of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment 4. marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness 5. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it 6. (used of soil) compact and fine-grained 7. darkened by clouds 8. of great intensity or power or force 9. (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight 10. (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain 11. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter 12. of relatively large extent and density 13. made of fabric having considerable thickness 14. prodigious 15. full and loud and deep 16. given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors 17. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought 18. slow and laborious because of weight 19. large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work 20. dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal 21. sharply inclined 22. full of; bearing great weight 23. requiring or showing effort 24. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort 25. lacking lightness or liveliness 26. (of sleep) deep and complete 27. in an advanced stage of pregnancy. adv. slowly as if burdened by much weight.
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1. A heavy snow promise a good harvest. 
2. A light purse is a heavy curse.
3. A heavy purse makes a light heart.
4. A light purse makes a heavy heart.
5. A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.
6. Poverty on an old man’s back is a heavy burden.
7. The sun disappeared behind heavy clouds.
8. There was a heavy dew this morning.
9. He has a heavy teaching load this year.
10. Offenders may be liable to a heavy fine.
11. Gosh, the rain is so heavy!
12. She threw a heavy woollen cloak over her shoulders.
13. Several villages have been isolated by the heavy snowfall.
14. Heavy rain and excessive use have impoverished the soil.
15. She was evidently a heavy smoker.
16. The oil company will ship out the heavy equipment.
17. The heavy rain might settle the changeable weather.
18. Heavy drinking can cause permanent damage to the brain.
19. They crush the olives with a heavy wooden press.
20. The same heavy, brooding silence descended on them.
21. The sweet food lay heavy on my stomach.
22. The sound of the heavy footsteps awoke the watchdog.
23. He is always ready to take on heavy responsibilities.
24. The suitcase is fairly heavy.
25. Lake Erie is filling with the heavy rain.
26. After a heavy rain,(sentencedict.com/heavy.html) the country roads were souped.
27. The heavy coach is dragging along.
28. His shoulders can bear a heavy load.
29. The little village was overdropped by heavy clouds.
30. No artist of performer can entirely escape the lure of fame and its promise of endless admiration and respect, but there is a heavy price one must pay for it.
More similar words: heavily, leave, weave, leave for, leave out, leave off, leave alone, be available, leave behind, eavesdropping, hear, heat, head, heap, heal, wheat, cheat, heart, cheap, health, head up, theater, head off, theatre, head for, at heart, hear of, head on, ahead of, in the air.
Examples of how to use the word “heavy” in a sentence. How to connect “heavy” with other words to make correct English sentences.
heavy (adj): weighing a lot, and needing effort to move or lift
Use “heavy” in a sentence
| This box is very heavy, so I can’t carry it. |
| I was caught in heavy traffic. |
| How heavy is your suitcase? |
| We couldn’t go out because of the heavy rain. |
| We suffered heavy losses in the financial crisis
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Definition of Heavy
weighty; substantial
Examples of Heavy in a sentence
Dropping the heavy ball on his town, the bowler cried out in pain.
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Heavy rainfall caused the farmer’s fields to be flooded and stopped him from harvesting his crop.
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The sleepy worker’s heavy eyes drooped down low and she was barely able to keep them open.
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Lifting the heavy weight over his head, the trainer struggled to keep the burdensome bar upright.
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Even the movers who were used to lifting weighty furniture struggled to pick up the heavy armoire.
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The sentence = _Gold is heavy beyond the degree in which iron is heavy_. ❋ Brainerd Kellogg (N/A)
_duple_; the alternation of heavy and light pulses is regular; and therefore the third beat is again an accent, as well as the first, though _less heavy_. ❋ Percy Goetschius (1898)
She’s heavy artillery; and I mean _heavy_, believe me! » ❋ Robert Lee [Illustrator] Berry (1925)
“The term heavy metal has become such a wide label,” Ratt bassist Juan Croucier said as early as 1985. ❋ Chuck Klosterman (2003)
It’s a curious irony that the term «heavy— weight» has been applied to Chris Patten’s appointment as the new chair of the BBC Trust Patten to be named BBC Trust chair, 19 February, as it would seem the other possible candidates lacked such an accolade. ❋ Unknown (2011)
He represents the pinnacle of hard rock before the term heavy metal existed ❋ Unknown (2009)
He represents the pinnacle of hard rock before the term heavy metal existed. ❋ Unknown (2009)
A rebel fighter told al Jazeera TV that his men surrounded the border post during the night and captured it after what he described as heavy fighting. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Though she would later distance herself from what she called the ‘heavy dinners’ she produced at Universal, Weber was, for a time, at the forefront of progressive filmmaking in America, foremost among a host of filmmakers who sought to use cinema as a kind of living newspaper, capable of bringing discussions of complicated cultural questions to life. ❋ George Heymont (2011)
In the December note, S&P said Nasdaq’s debt after the buyback was estimted to increase to about 2.9 times annual earnings before interest, depreciation, taxes and amortization, which it described as a «heavy debt load.» ❋ Aaron Lucchetti (2011)
On the opening day, the printouts presented to General Tommy Franks indicated that twenty-two of the projected bombing attacks on Iraq would produce what they defined as heavy bugsplat — that is, more than thirty civilian deaths per raid. ❋ Robert Koehler (2011)
Thirty-five Virginia farmers have a Washington, D.C., trip planned to make their case against what they call a heavy-handed approach to restoring the Chesapeake Bay. ❋ Unknown (2010)
So they decided to go forward and take a look and do testing for what they call heavy metals. ❋ Unknown (2008)
NURENBERG: Picketers objected to what they called the heavy — handedness. ❋ Unknown (2007)
‘[i mean it]… [HEAVY]’
Person 1: ‘Paul smells [init]?’
Person 2: ‘[Heavy]’ ❋ Come Get It Back In Mf Blood (2021)
[Woah], [Doc], [this is HEAVY]! ❋ Flux C. (2003)
John: Did you see that guy? He must have weighed 400 pounds?!
Jane: Yeah, I know, he was really heavy.
John: Last night, my mom died.
Steve: Man, that’s heavy.
[Whitechapel] is heavy.
The club was having problems with [riff-raff], so they hired a couple [heavies] to bounce.
The other side came heavy to the fight, so we beat it outta there pretty quick. ❋ Agrainofsalt (2009)
I was [heavy as fuck] after I [took] those [xanax]. ❋ Kittensandjesus (2014)
The [gangster] was [annoyed], so he sent a couple of [heavies] round. ❋ Retrocool (2003)
don’t [mess with] him, he [came] heavy ❋ Tommy (2003)
I went heavy, but I didn’t even [need it] to [punk] [those bitches] out. ❋ Mertens21 (2007)
[Jason] is [gonna] be our heavy. ❋ Alex Pelk (2005)
I suggest you stop giving me [hastle] sunshine or otherwise you will be dealt with by the [heavies].
Right, thats it, GET THE [HEAVIES].
RAAUUUGH, GET THE FUCK AUUTT OF HERE NAUUU BEFORE I FRO YOU AUUUUUTT. I SUGGEST YOU DAUUUWW WHAT I SAY AND YOU WONT GET HURRRT. NAUUUUUUW. ❋ Todd Clampton (2005)
1. Something weighing [10], 000lbs would be heavy.
2. That’s [a heavy] [game] ❋ Private (2004)
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Current experimental quantum mechanical sensors may only work if dark matter particles happen to be exceptionally heavy.
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2023
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The 20-foot wide sculpture was too heavy to move.
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The Belvidere Police Department said the collapse occurred as a heavy storm rolled through the area and that calls began coming from the theater at 7:48 p.m.
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With the heavy storm audible inside the Oconomowoc High School fieldhouse, a packed house watched the Marquette and Wisconsin women’s volleyball teams scrimmage Friday night.
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The Belvidere Police Department said the collapse occurred as a heavy storm rolled through the area and that calls began coming from the theater at 7:48 p.m.
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James looked heavy-legged, and Davis struggled to find rhythm early before both arrived in the third quarter to tighten the score after the Clippers built a 24-point lead.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2023
Family members of those killed in last year’s massacre at a Uvalde elementary school were heavy-hearted Monday as news spread of another shooting, at a private Christian school in Tennessee.
—Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Mar. 2023
Advertisement — Continue Reading Below 16 Move Heavy Stuff The favorite heavy-moving tool of Chris Wells, driver-owner-operator of A-Mrazek Moving Systems, is …a blanket.
—Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
Next year, too, these segments will do the heavy-lifting to keep profits looking up.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2023
The elders of showbiz assumed this whole sci-fi whatchamacalit, with the robots and the light swords and the heavy-breathing bad guy, was some flavor-of-the-month thing.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2023
In an appearance on ESPN prior to the Tide’s February 22 game on the road against South Carolina, AD Greg Byrne said that Miller and Bradley were not considered suspects and were cooperative with investigators weighed heavy in the decision.
—Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 9 Mar. 2023
New York City optometrist Jennifer Tsai, OD, has seen countless patients who blame their constantly puffy, heavy-feeling lower lids on tiredness.
—Devon Abelman, Allure, 8 Mar. 2023
Contrary to their heavy-legged, sluggish start two nights earlier in Seattle, the Bruins came out buzzing in the first period with the goals by Lindholm and Marchand.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023
Love in Exile is not jazz, despite featuring pianist Vijay Iyer, a heavy in that world.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
The truth is, McCarthy has been ascendant at what is now Paramount Global for close to 20 years, but the heavies in Hollywood have only recently started to pay attention.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2023
The first film sets the template, with Wick infiltrating a club called the Red Circle, stabbing his way through the basement-pool level, stifling heavies’ screams, and then chasing mobster Iosef Tarasov (Alfie Allen) through the upper level.
—Vulture, 25 Mar. 2023
This year should be no different as WrestleMania is once again part-timer heavy, with the likes of Lita, Trish Stratus, Logan Paul and John Cena all likely to vanish into thin air following WrestleMania 39.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
The exterior of the Hammer Museum is ensconced in silvery sheets of rain and heavy fog today.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
Philip Friedman Myth: Lifting heavy is all about building big muscles.
—Lauren Kanski, Women’s Health, 12 Mar. 2023
The unnamed narrator, a heavy-drinking, chain-smoking zoology student-turned-novelist, is assigned to investigate the beasts and tell their stories for a local newspaper.
—Washington Post, 16 July 2021
Like Gavi, his distribution out to the wings was a little top heavy.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
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