Synonyms of the word heavy


HEAVYACTOR - ARDUOUS - BACKBREAKING - BIG - BURDENSOME - CHARACTER - CLAYEY - CLOGGY - CLOUDY - COMPACT - DEEP - DENSE - DISTRESSFUL - DISTRESSING - DISTURBING - DOUGHY - DULL - EFFORTFUL - ENCEINTE - EXPECTANT - FAT - FLESHY - FULL - GRAVE - GRAVID - GREAT - GRIEVOUS - GRUELING - GRUELLING - HARD - HARSH - HEAVIER-THAN-AIR - HEAVILY - HEAVY-DUTY - HEAVY-FOOTED - HEFTY - HISTRION - IMPENETRABLE - IMPORTANT - INDIGESTIBLE - INDULGENT - INTEMPERATE - LABORED - LABORIOUS - LABOURED - LARGE - LEADEN - LOWERING - LUMBERING - MASSIVE - ONEROUS - OPEROSE - OPPRESSIVE - OVERWEIGHT - PART - PERSONA - PERTURBING - PLAYER - PONDEROUS - PREGNANT - PROFOUND - PUNISHING - ROLE - SOGGY - SONOROUS - SOUND - STEEP - SULLEN - TAXING - THESPIAN - THICK - THREATENING - TOILSOME - TROUBLING - WAKELESS - WEIGHTED - WEIGHTY - WICKED - WORRISOME - WORRYING

heavy

  • adj. (of a physical object) Having great weight.
  • adj. (of a topic) Serious, somber.
  • adj. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
  • adj. (Britain, slang, dated) Good.
  • adj. (dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound.
  • adj. (of a rate of flow) High, great.
  • adj. (slang) Armed.
  • adj. (music) Louder, more distorted.
  • adj. (of weather) Hot and humid.
  • adj. (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
  • adj. (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
  • adj. Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
  • adj. Laden to a great extent.
  • adj. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with…
  • adj. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
  • adj. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
  • adj. Not raised or leavened.
  • adj. Having much body or strength; said of wines or spirits.
  • adj. (obsolete) With child; pregnant.
  • adv. heavily.
  • adv. (India, colloquial) very.
  • n. A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
  • n. (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
  • n. (aviation) A large multi-engined aircraft.
  • v. (often with "up") To make heavier.
  • v. To sadden.
  • v. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments…
  • adj. Having the heaves.

actor

  • n. A person who performs in a theatrical play or film.
  • n. One who acts; a doer.
  • n. One who takes part in a situation.
  • n. (law) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
  • n. (law) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
  • n. (policy debate) One who enacts a certain policy action.
  • n. (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).

arduous

  • adj. Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
  • adj. (obsolete) burning; ardent.
  • adj. Difficult or exhausting to traverse.

backbreaking

  • adj. (figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring.

big

  • adj. Of great size, large.
  • adj. (of an industry or other field) Thought to have undue influence.
  • adj. Popular.
  • adj. (informal) Adult.
  • adj. (informal) Fat.
  • adj. (informal) Important or significant.
  • adj. (informal, with on) Enthusiastic (about).
  • adj. (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled.
  • adj. (informal) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case…
  • adj. (sometimes figuratively) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
  • adj. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns.
  • adj. (of a city) populous.
  • adv. In a loud manner.
  • adv. In a boasting manner.
  • adv. In a large amount or to a large extent.
  • adv. On a large scale, expansively.
  • adv. Hard.
  • n. Someone or something that is large in stature.
  • n. An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
  • n. (as plural) The big leagues, big time.
  • v. (transitive) To praise or recommend.
  • v. (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to inhabit; occupy.
  • v. (reflexive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to locate oneself.
  • v. (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to build; erect; fashion.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to dwell; have a dwelling.
  • n. One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.

burdensome

  • adj. Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding.

character

  • n. A being involved in the action of a story.
  • n. A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
  • n. A complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group.
  • n. Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
  • n. A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially…
  • n. A written or printed symbol, or letter.
  • n. Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
  • n. (computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing…
  • n. (informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.
  • n. (mathematics) A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
  • n. Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
  • n. (dated) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
  • n. (dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to his/her behaviour, competence, etc.
  • v. (obsolete) To write (using characters); To describe.

clayey

  • adj. Resembling or containing clay.

cloggy

  • adj. Tending to cause clogging.
  • adj. Somewhat clogged or impeded.

cloudy

  • adj. Covered with or characterised by clouds; overcast.
  • adj. Not transparent or clear.
  • adj. Uncertain; unclear.

compact

  • n. An agreement or contract.
  • adj. Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
  • adj. Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
  • adj. (mathematics, not comparable, of a set in an Euclidean space) Closed and bounded.
  • adj. (topology, not comparable, of a set) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.
  • adj. Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.
  • adj. (obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
  • adj. (obsolete) Composed or made; with of.
  • n. A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's…
  • n. A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
  • v. (transitive) To make more dense; to compress.
  • v. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

deep

  • adj. (heading, of a physical distance) Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.
  • adj. (heading, intellectual, social) Complex, involved.
  • adj. (sound, voice) Low in pitch.
  • adj. (of a color) Dark and highly saturated.
  • adj. (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
  • adj. Immersed, submerged (in).
  • adj. Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
  • adv. Deeply.
  • n. (literary, with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
  • n. (rare) A deep shade of colour.
  • n. (US, rare) The profound part of a problem.
  • n. (with "the") The sea, the ocean.
  • n. (cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.

dense

  • adj. Having relatively high density.
  • adj. Compact; crowded together.
  • adj. Thick; difficult to penetrate.
  • adj. Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
  • adj. Obscure, or difficult to understand.
  • adj. (mathematics, topology) Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See Wikipedia…
  • adj. (of a person) Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.

distressful

  • adj. Causing or having distress, strain, or anxiety.

distressing

  • adj. Causing distress; upsetting.
  • v. present participle of distress.

disturbing

  • adj. Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
  • v. present participle of disturb.

doughy

  • adj. Having the characteristics of dough especially in appearance or consistency: as.

dull

  • adj. Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
  • adj. Boring; not exciting or interesting.
  • adj. Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
  • adj. Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.
  • adj. Sluggish, listless.
  • adj. Cloudy, overcast.
  • adj. Insensible; unfeeling.
  • adj. Heavy; lifeless; inert.
  • adj. (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
  • adj. (of a noise or sound) Not clear, muffled.
  • v. (transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
  • v. (transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
  • v. (intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
  • v. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

effortful

  • adj. Requiring or showing effort.

enceinte

  • adj. Pregnant.
  • n. An enclosure.
  • n. The line of works forming the main enclosure of a fortress.
  • n. The area or town enclosed by a line of fortification.

expectant

  • adj. Marked by expectation.
  • adj. Pregnant.
  • adj. (medicine, dated) Waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment.

fat

  • adj. Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
  • adj. Thick.
  • adj. Bountiful.
  • adj. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; said of food.
  • adj. (obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
  • adj. Fertile; productive.
  • adj. Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
  • adj. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
  • adj. (dated, printing) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing…
  • adj. Alternative form of phat.
  • n. (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
  • n. (countable) A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
  • n. That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
  • n. (slang) An erection.
  • n. (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin,…
  • n. The best or richest productions; the best part.
  • n. (dated, printing) Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To become fat; to fatten.
  • n. (obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
  • n. (obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.

fleshy

  • adj. Of, related to, or resembling flesh.
  • adj. (of a person) Having considerable flesh.

full

  • adj. Containing the maximum possible amount of that which can fit in the space available.
  • adj. Complete; with nothing omitted.
  • adj. Total, entire.
  • adj. (informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
  • adj. Of a garment, of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
  • adj. Having depth and body; rich.
  • adj. (obsolete) Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
  • adj. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by…
  • adj. Filled with emotions.
  • adj. (obsolete) Impregnated; made pregnant.
  • adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
  • adv. (archaic) Quite; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
  • n. Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
  • n. (of the moon) The phase of the moon when it is entire face is illuminated, full moon.
  • n. (freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with…
  • v. (of the moon) To become full or wholly illuminated.
  • v. (transitive) To baptise.
  • v. To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing, to waulk, walk.

grave

  • n. An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
  • n. Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
  • n. death, destruction.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To dig.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete, nautical) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it…
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice…
  • adj. (obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative.
  • adj. Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful, sombre.
  • adj. Low in pitch, tone etc.
  • adj. Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.
  • n. A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent.

gravid

  • adj. Pregnant; now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically.

great

  • adj. Very big, large scale.
  • adj. Very good.
  • adj. Important.
  • adj. Title referring to an important leader.
  • adj. Superior; admirable; commanding; applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
  • adj. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful;…
  • adj. (obsolete) Pregnant; large with young.
  • adj. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable.
  • adj. [qualifying nouns of family relationship] Involving more generations than the word qualified implies.…
  • adj. (obsolete, except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar.
  • interj. Expression of gladness and content about something.
  • interj. sarcastic inversion thereof.
  • n. A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
  • n. (music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
  • adv. very well (in a very satisfactory manner).

grievous

  • adj. Causing grief, pain or sorrow.
  • adj. Serious, grave, dire or dangerous.

grueling

  • adj. Alternative spelling of gruelling.

gruelling

  • adj. So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.

hard

  • adj. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
  • adj. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
  • adj. Unquestionable.
  • adj. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
  • adj. (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused.
  • adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
  • adj. (phonetics, not comparable).
  • adj. (art) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
  • adj. (not comparable) In the form of a hard copy.
  • adv. (manner) With much force or effort.
  • adv. (manner) With difficulty.
  • adv. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
  • adv. (manner) Compactly.
  • adv. (now archaic) Near, close.
  • n. (countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
  • n. (uncountable, drugs, colloquial, slang) crack cocaine.

harsh

  • adj. Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
  • adj. Severe or cruel.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To negatively criticize.
  • v. (transitive, slang) to put a damper on (a mood).

heavier-than-air

  • adj. (of an aircraft) Weighing more than the volume of air which it displaces.
  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or using an aircraft which weighs more than the volume of air it displaces.

heavily

  • adv. In a heavy manner.
  • adv. With a great weight.
  • adv. To a considerable degree, to a great extent.
  • adv. In a manner designed for heavy duty.
  • adv. So as to be thick or heavy.
  • adv. In a laboured manner.

heavy-duty

  • adj. Designed to withstand hard usage without breaking.

heavy-footed

  • adj. (idiomatic) Slow-moving.

hefty

  • adj. Heavy.
  • adj. Strong, bulky.
  • adj. (of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.
  • adj. Impressive, mighty.

histrion

  • n. (obsolete) A stage actor.

impenetrable

  • adj. Not penetrable.
  • adj. (figuratively) Incomprehensible; inscrutable.

important

  • adj. Having relevant and crucial value.

indigestible

  • adj. Difficult or impossible to digest.
  • adj. (by extension) Difficult to accept; unpalatable.
  • n. Anything that is difficult to digest.

indulgent

  • adj. Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to…

intemperate

  • adj. Lacking moderation, temper or control.
  • adj. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To disorder.

labored

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of labor.
  • adj. Of an action that is difficult to perform.

laborious

  • adj. Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
  • adj. Mentally difficult; painstaking.
  • adj. Industrious.

laboured

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of labour.
  • adj. Of an action that is difficult to perform.
  • adj. Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.

large

  • adj. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
  • adj. (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
  • adj. (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
  • adj. (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
  • adj. (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
  • adj. (nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is…
  • n. (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
  • n. (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
  • n. (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
  • n. A large serving of something.

leaden

  • adj. (dated) Made of lead.
  • adj. Pertaining to or resembling lead; heavy, grey, sluggish.
  • adj. Dull; darkened with overcast.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become dull or overcast.

lowering

  • v. present participle of lower.
  • adj. That lowers or frowns.
  • n. The act of something being lowered.

lumbering

  • n. The act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement.
  • n. (US) The business of felling trees for lumber.
  • adj. Clumsy or awkward.
  • adj. Heavy, slow and laborious; ponderous.

massive

  • adj. Of or pertaining to a large mass; weighty, heavy, or bulky.
  • adj. Much larger than normal.
  • adj. Of great significance or import; overwhelming.
  • adj. (mineralogy) Not exhibiting crystal form.
  • adj. Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.
  • adj. (colloquial, informal, Ireland) outstanding, beautiful.
  • adj. (informal) To a very great extent; total, utter.
  • adj. (physics) (of a particle) Possessing mass.
  • n. (mineralogy) A homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure.
  • n. (slang) A group of people from a locality, or sharing a collective aim, interest, etc.

onerous

  • adj. imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort.

operose

  • adj. Wrought with, requiring, or evidencing a lot of labor; hence, tedious; wearisome.
  • adj. (of a person) Busy, industrious, or painstaking.

oppressive

  • adj. Burdensome or difficult to bear.
  • adj. Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.
  • adj. Weighing heavily on the spirit; intense, or overwhelming.
  • adj. Hot and humid of the weather.

overweight

  • adj. (of a person) heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
  • adj. (transport, law, of a vehicle) weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.
  • adj. (investment, finance, followed by a noun or prepositional phrase indicating a security or type of security)…
  • n. (chiefly transport, law, healthcare) An excess of weight.
  • n. (investment, finance) A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration.
  • v. To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of.

part

  • n. A portion; a component.
  • n. Duty; responsibility.
  • n. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
  • n. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
  • n. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective…
  • v. (intransitive) To leave.
  • v. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
  • v. (transitive) To divide in two.
  • v. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
  • v. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share.
  • v. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
  • v. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
  • v. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
  • v. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
  • v. To leave; to quit.
  • v. (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
  • adj. Fractional; partial.
  • adv. Partly; partially; fractionally.

persona

  • n. A social role.
  • n. A character played by an actor.
  • n. (psychology) The mask or appearance one presents to the world.

perturbing

  • v. present participle of perturb.

player

  • n. One that plays.
  • n. One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
  • n. A significant participant.
  • n. (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.

ponderous

  • adj. Heavy, massive, weighty.
  • adj. (figuratively, by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive.
  • adj. Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.
  • adj. Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.
  • adj. (rare) Characterized by or associated with pondering.
  • adj. (obsolete) Dense.

pregnant

  • adj. (chiefly not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.
  • adj. (comparable) Having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources,…
  • adj. (now poetic) Fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground etc.).
  • adj. (obsolete) Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
  • n. A pregnant woman.

profound

  • adj. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
  • adj. Very deep; very serious.
  • adj. Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of…
  • adj. Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading.
  • adj. Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive.
  • n. (obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
  • n. (obsolete) An abyss.
  • v. (obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
  • v. (obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.

punishing

  • v. present participle of punish.
  • adj. That inflicts punishment.
  • adj. Arduous, gruelling.
  • n. Punishment.

role

  • n. A character or part played by a performer or actor.
  • n. The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
  • n. The function or position of something.
  • n. Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
  • n. (grammar): The function of a word in a phrase.

soggy

  • adj. Soaked with moisture or other liquid.

sonorous

  • adj. Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound.
  • adj. Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse.
  • adj. Wordy or grandiloquent.
  • adj. (linguistics, phonetics) Produced with a relatively open vocal tract and relatively little obstruction…

sound

  • adj. Healthy.
  • adj. Complete, solid, or secure.
  • adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
  • adj. (Britain, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
  • adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
  • adj. Heavy; laid on with force.
  • adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
  • adv. Soundly.
  • interj. (Britain, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
  • n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
  • n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
  • n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
  • n. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
  • v. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
  • v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
  • v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
  • v. (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area…
  • v. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
  • v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
  • n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting…
  • n. The air bladder of a fish.
  • n. A cuttlefish.
  • v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
  • v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;…
  • v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
  • v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
  • n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
  • n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

steep

  • adj. Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
  • adj. (informal) expensive.
  • adj. (obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
  • adj. (of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To soak an item (or to be soaked) in liquid in order to gradually add or remove…
  • v. (intransitive) To imbue with something.
  • n. A liquid used in a steeping process.
  • n. A rennet bag.

sullen

  • adj. Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
  • adj. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
  • adj. Sluggish; slow.
  • adj. (obsolete) Lonely; solitary; desolate.
  • adj. (obsolete) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
  • adj. (obsolete) Obstinate; intractable.
  • n. (obsolete) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
  • n. Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness.

taxing

  • v. present participle of tax.
  • adj. With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.
  • adj. Burdensome, difficult.
  • n. The act of imposing a tax.

thespian

  • adj. Of, or relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical.
  • n. An actor or player.

thick

  • adj. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
  • adj. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
  • adj. Heavy in build; thickset.
  • adj. Densely crowded or packed.
  • adj. Having a viscous consistency.
  • adj. Abounding in number.
  • adj. Impenetrable to sight.
  • adj. Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
  • adj. (informal) Stupid.
  • adj. (informal) Friendly or intimate.
  • adj. Deep, intense, or profound.
  • adj. (Britain, dated) troublesome; unreasonable.
  • adj. (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
  • adv. In a thick manner.
  • adv. Thickly.
  • adv. Frequently; in great numbers.
  • n. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
  • n. A thicket.
  • n. (slang) A stupid person; a fool.
  • v. (archaic, transitive) To thicken.

threatening

  • v. present participle of threaten.
  • adj. Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.
  • n. An act of threatening; a threat.

toilsome

  • adj. Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious.

troubling

  • adj. distressing, worrying.
  • v. present participle of trouble.
  • n. The infliction of trouble or distress.

wakeless

  • adj. Without (the possibility of) waking.
  • adj. Without a wake.

weighted

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of weight.
  • adj. Having weights on it.
  • adj. Biased, so as to favour one party.
  • adj. (graph theory, of a graph) having values assigned to its edges.
  • adj. (statistics) With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account…
  • adj. Containing a large proportion (of something).

weighty

  • adj. heavy (having a lot of weight).
  • adj. important; or serious.
  • adj. Rigorous; severe; afflictive.

wicked

  • adj. Evil or mischievous by nature.
  • adj. (slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying.
  • adv. (slang, New England, Britain) Very, extremely.
  • n. (usually humorous) People who are wicked.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of wick.
  • adj. Having a wick.
  • adj. (Britain, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.

worrisome

  • adj. Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.
  • adj. (of a person) Inclined to worry.

worrying

  • adj. Inducing worry.
  • v. present participle of worry.
  • n. The act of worrying or harassing somebody.

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