adjective full and loud and deep.
— synonyms: sonorous
adjective given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors.
— synonyms: intemperate, hard
adjective of great gravity or crucial import.
— synonyms: grave, grievous, weighty
adjective slow and laborious because of weight.
— synonyms: lumbering, ponderous
adjective large and powerful.
adjective dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal.
adjective sharply inclined.
adjective full of.
— synonyms: weighed_down
adjective requiring or showing effort.
— synonyms: labored, laboured
adjective characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion.
— synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, laborious, operose, punishing
adjective lacking lightness or liveliness.
— synonyms: leaden
adjective (of sleep) deep and complete.
— synonyms: profound, sound, wakeless
adjective in an advanced stage of pregnancy.
— synonyms: big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with_child(p)
Examples
“With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.”
“A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.”
“The union was well known for the methods it used to heavy many businesses.”