heavy#2 (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def marked by great psychological weight
def weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
examples a heavy heart
a heavy schedule
heavy news
a heavy silence
heavy eyelids
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Derivationally related form heavy → heaviness
Antonym heavy → light
Similar to burdensome, onerous, taxing; distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying; leaden, weighted; oppressive; weighty
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Similar to burdensome, onerous, taxing; distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying; leaden, weighted; oppressive; weighty
Antonym light → heavy
Derived from adjective heavily → heavy
Derivationally related form heaviness → heavy

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