adj. 1
Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, etc.
adj. 2
Having great weight.
Use the scales to measure how heavy it is.
adj. 3
Having great weight. Heavyset: overweight.
When he was a child he was rather heavy, but today he is impressively fit.
adj. 4
Serious, somber.

Related words

Word family: heavily heaviness heavy-duty heavyeyed heavy-handed heavy-handedness heavy-hearted heavy-tailed
Phrases: heavy heart heavy spar heavy hitter heavy lifting heavy metal umlaut heavy tail heavy water heavy bread

Example sentences

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

3 letters: big¹, bad¹
4 letters: full¹, hard¹, deep¹, dark¹, slow¹, dull¹, gurt
5 letters: great¹, large¹, sound¹, solid², gross¹, thick¹, grave¹, harsh¹, dense¹, stiff¹, weary², hefty², bulky², soggy²
6 letters: strong¹, stupid², severe², loaded², sleepy², cloudy², clumsy², gloomy², drowsy², sullen², leaden², stolid²
7 letters: massive², compact², tedious³, arduous³, labored², onerous³, weighty², languid²
8 letters: powerful³, pregnant², lowering³, sluggish², grievous², burdened², grueling³, unwieldy³, laboured
9 letters: important³, difficult³, punishing³, laborious⁴, lethargic³, lumbering³, sorrowful³, ponderous³, wearisome³, effortful
10 letters: overweight³, oppressive³, melancholy⁴, cumbersome³, burdensome³
11 letters: threatening³
12 letters: impenetrable⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (solid² = 2 syllables).