heaviness
pronunciation
How to pronounce heaviness in British English:
UK ['hevɪnəs]
How to pronounce heaviness in American English:
US ['hevɪnəs]
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- Noun:
- the property of being comparatively great in weight
- used of a line or mark
Word Origin
- heaviness (n.)
- Old English hefigness "heaviness, weight; burden, affliction; dullness, torpor;" see heavy + -ness.
Example
- 1. Maybe heaviness or constriction in different parts of your body .
- 2. The moment you start forgiving , you feel lot lighter and years of heaviness lifted magically !
- 3. Half of patients may have other leg symptoms such as heaviness , fatigue and cramps .
- 4. I lay on my bed , thinking of nothing , with a strange heaviness in my heart .
- 5. And when water is moving at 30 or 40 miles an hour , like the tsunami that inundated northern japan on friday , the heaviness of water turns deadly .