heavy
20
2.3
- adjective
- /ˈhɛvi/
:
pesado
- Luis walked with his hands in his pockets, his stride heavy and slow.
- heavy-handed
My my robots, they're not very heavy, they're not very fast.
- 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
9
7.9
Slow and heavy in movement or speech and often boring
6
4.5
Carrying heavy things or having serious worries that make you feel tired
4
7.3
Moving or looking awkward and clumsy
2
4.1
Heavy and difficult to lift
1
7.0
Dull and not lively, giving a sad feeling
1
5.0
Moving slowly and heavily in an awkward way
1
6.0
To walk with loud, slow steps because you are clumsy
1
6.3
Clumsy when using the hands, often dropping or breaking things
1
7.1
Hard to understand or slow to get through
Arms and legs feel heavy and make moving slow and hard
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
17
3.4
Large machines like bulldozers or cranes used to move dirt and heavy materials
- Specialized
15
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
5
3.1
A type of loud, powerful rock with strong guitar sounds, fast drums, and angry lyrics
- Specialized
A syllable with a long vowel, two vowel sounds together, or a final consonant that sounds stronger
- Specialized
A large underwater weapon launched from submarines with a very powerful warhead to sink big ships
- Specialized
A tiny piece of matter as heavy as or heavier than a proton that feels the strong force
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Surface Forms
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.