Weighty; ponderous; having great weight; tending strongly to the center of attraction; contrary to light; applied to material bodies; as a heavy stone; a heavy load.

Sad; sorrowful; dejected; depressed in mind. A light wife makes a heavy husband. So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. Proverbs 25:20.

Grievous; afflictive; depressing to the spirits; as heavy news; a heavy calamity.

Burdensome; oppressive; as heavy taxes. Make thy father’s heavy yoke--lighter.7 Kings 12:4.

Wanting life and animation; dull. My heavy eyes you say confess . A heart to love and grief inclined.

Drowsy; dull. Their eyes were heavy. Matthew 26:43; Luke 9:32.

Wanting spirit or animation; destitute of life or rapidity of sentiment; dull; as a heavy writer; a heavy style.

Wanting activity or vivacity; indolent. But of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind.

Slow; sluggish. He walks with a heavy gait.

Burdensome; tedious; as heavy hours. Time lies heavy on him who has no employment.

Loaded; encumbered; burdened. He found his men heavy, and laden with booty.

Lying with weight on the stomach; not easily digested; as, oily food is heavy to the stomach.

Moist; deep; soft; miry; as heavy land; a heavy soil. We apply heavy to soft loamy or clayey land, which makes the draught of a plow or wagon difficult and laborious. So we say, a heavy road.

Difficult; laborious; as a heavy draught.

Weary; supported with pain or difficulty. And the hands of Moses were heavy. Exodus 17:12.

Inflicting severe evils, punishments or judgments. The hand of the Lord was heavy on them of Ashdod. 7 Samuel 5:6.

Burdensome; occasioning great care. This thing is too heavy for thee. Exodus 18:18.

Dull; not hearing; inattentive. Neither his ears heavy, that he cannot hear. Isaiah 59:7.

Large, as billows; swelling and rolling with great force; as a heavy sea.

Large in amount; as a heavy expense; a heavy debt.