Main entry: heaviness, burdensomeness, oppressiveness, onerousness
Definition: unwelcome burdensome difficulty
Main entry: weightiness, heaviness
Definition: the property of being comparatively great in weight
Usage: the heaviness of lead
Main entry: thickness, heaviness
Definition: used of a line or mark
Main entry: ponderousness, heaviness
Definition: an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency
Usage: a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness; his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition
Main entry: heaviness
Definition: persisting sadness
Usage: nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss