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How to pronounce heaviness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms thickness
Type of wideness, broadness
Derivation heavy
Type Words
Synonyms weightiness
Type of weight
Has types heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousness, preponderance, heft
Derivation heavy


the heaviness of lead.
Type Words
Synonyms ponderousness
Type of uninterestingness
Derivation heavy


his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition.
Type Words
Synonyms burdensomeness, onerousness, oppressiveness
Type of difficulty, difficultness
Derivation heavy
Type Words
Type of sadness, unhappiness
Derivation heavy


nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss.

Examples of heaviness

heaviness
Then he lifted his head, with the heaviness of a man who is suddenly very lonely.
From the time.com
A trip Downtown a few days later did nothing to dispel the heaviness that I felt.
From the post-gazette.com
To cut the food's heaviness, we consumed milky glasses of arrak mixed with water.
From the post-gazette.com
Dropping the death metal vocals is fine but I miss the heaviness of the riffs.
From the guardian.co.uk
Crying does soothe the soul and ease, at least a bit, the heaviness in your heart.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Half of patients may have other leg symptoms such as heaviness, fatigue and cramps.
From the online.wsj.com
He doesn't say a word, but the heaviness he feels is right there in his legs.
From the washingtonpost.com
Still, it is a blinding show, a brilliant fusion of high camp and proper heaviness.
From the independent.co.uk
Fertita's fuzzy stoner riffs add sludge and heaviness to the bluesy grooves.
From the sltrib.com
More examples
  • The property of being comparatively great in weight; "the heaviness of lead"
  • Persisting sadness; "nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss"
  • Ponderousness: an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency; "a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness"; "his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition"
  • Thickness: used of a line or mark
  • Burdensomeness: unwelcome burdensome difficulty
  • The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity; Oppression; dejectedness, sadness