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Meanings of heaviness in English

Spanish
molestia

Unwelcome burdensome difficulty.

        molestia
        Catalan
        gruix

        Used of a line or mark.

              gruix

              The property of being comparatively great in weight.

                  An oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency.

                        Usage of heaviness in English
                        1
                        Slowly the dulness and heaviness melted from his face; it became radiant.
                        The Story of an African Farm
                        2
                        With a great heaviness of spirit, she stopped and waved to him.
                        The Mammoth Hunters
                        3
                        His eyelids fluttered; he was apparently shaking off the heaviness of slumber.
                        Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue / A Tal...
                        4
                        Yet there was menace in the air, like the heaviness preceding storms.
                        Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
                        5
                        She changes the subject, tries to lighten the heaviness in the air.
                        The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
                        6
                        Actually it is weariness to the flesh and heaviness to the spirit.
                        The Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIII
                        7
                        And my heart was glad in spite of its heaviness and perplexity.
                        Carette of Sark
                        8
                        A heaviness wrapped my heart as we set out for the car.
                        Bones Are Forever
                        9
                        The heaviness of the August air intensified this impression of suspended life.
                        Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort
                        10
                        Intoxication had cooled and given place to heaviness; lips were breathing feverishly.
                        Selected Polish Tales
                        11
                        It's hard to rise above the heaviness set by such unwarranted indifference.
                        Keeper: one house, three generations, and a journey into alzheim...
                        12
                        He dwelled on another matter, sighing with a heaviness in his breast.
                        The notorious scoundrel
                        13
                        My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.
                        The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
                        14
                        Improvements in rectal emptying, pelvic feeling of heaviness, and dyspareunia were achieved.
                        Pubmed
                        15
                        Rawdon and his son went away with the utmost heaviness of heart.
                        Vanity Fair
                        16
                        She could feel the heaviness in the mood of the room lift.
                        Imperatrix
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                        Translations for heaviness
                        Catalan
                        gruix
                        Heaviness through the time
                        Heaviness across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Common