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heaviness
noun
hev’iness. Weight; ponderousness; gravity; the quality of being heavy; as the heaviness of a body.
heaviness
Sadness; sorrow; dejection of mind; depression of spirits. Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop. Proverbs 12:25. Ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season ye are in heaviness, through manifold temptations. 7 Peter 7:6.
heaviness
Sluggishness; torpidness; dullness of spirit; languidness; languor; lassitude. What means this heaviness that hangs upon me?
heaviness
Weight; burden; oppression; as, the heaviness of taxes.
heaviness
That which it requires great strength to move or overcome; that which creates labor and difficulty; as the heaviness of a draught.
heaviness
Thickness; moistness; deepness; as the heaviness of ground or soil.