heavy
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2.3
- adjective
- /ˈhɛvi/
- Luis walked with his hands in his pockets, his stride heavy and slow.
- heavy-handed
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- My my robots, they're not very heavy, they're not very fast.
- So my clumpy, heavy, flat footed Nike Air Force Ones.
- I thought I was in good shape, but I don't know, yesterday I just felt like heavy and clumsy and didn't really feel good at all.
Examples
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I thought I was in good shape, but I don't know, yesterday I just felt like heavy and clumsy and didn't really feel good at all.
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She'd lost her timing; her body had gotten heavy despite all her efforts.
Fiction book (1998) -
We knew it was in the mail, but I can tell by the heavy footsteps that it's here.
Fiction book (1995) -
Clumsily, she struggled with her purse and the heavy satchel she had brought with her.
Fiction book (1998) -
Five or ten minutes later, he heard footsteps, a heavy tread on the pathway leading to the boys' barracks.
Fiction book (1999) -
California had to diversify its economy and wean itself from heavy dependence on defense industries.
Academic text (2001) -
After a few minutes, Rufina hauled the heavy shutter aside and let them in.
Fiction book (1993) -
She found it hard to climb the stairs because her legs felt heavy after the long run.
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He carried a heavy box that made him slow down as he tried to walk quickly.
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Despite her determination, she felt heavy and clumsy during the dance practice.
Synonyms
22
6.7
Large, heavy, and difficult to carry or use
10
5.0
Moving slowly and heavily in an awkward way
9
7.9
Slow and heavy in movement or speech and often boring
7
7.3
Moving or looking awkward and clumsy
6
4.1
Heavy and difficult to lift
3
4.5
Carrying heavy things or having serious worries that make you feel tired
3
7.0
Dull and not lively, giving a sad feeling
3
6.3
Clumsy when using the hands, often dropping or breaking things
1
6.0
To walk with loud, slow steps because you are clumsy
1
7.1
Hard to understand or slow to get through
1
6.7
Arms and legs feel heavy and make moving slow and hard
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Compounds
- Specialized
20
3.4
Large machines like bulldozers or cranes used to move dirt and heavy materials
- Specialized
18
5.2
A large gun like artillery or a heavy machine gun that soldiers move to support troops in war
- Specialized
5
7.8
A kind of water with heavier hydrogen atoms used in some nuclear reactors
4
3.1
A type of loud, powerful rock with strong guitar sounds, fast drums, and angry lyrics
- Specialized
1
8.4
A tiny piece of matter as heavy as or heavier than a proton that feels the strong force
- Specialized
1
8.3
A large underwater weapon launched from submarines with a very powerful warhead to sink big ships
- Specialized
1
8.3
A syllable with a long vowel, two vowel sounds together, or a final consonant that sounds stronger
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Etymology
Heavy comes from Old English hefig, which meant 'weighty' or 'weighing a lot'. That sense of weight makes movement slow, so 'heavy' steps mean slow, clumsy movement.