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Synonyms for heavier

Grammar : Adj
Spell : hev-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛv i

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Définition of heavier

Origin :
  • Old English hefig "heavy, having much weight; important, grave; oppressive; slow, dull," from Proto-Germanic *hafiga "containing something; having weight" (cf. Old Saxon, Old High German hebig, Old Norse hofugr, Middle Dutch hevich, Dutch hevig), from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (see capable). Jazz slang sense of "profound, serious" is from 1937 but would have been comprehensible to an Anglo-Saxon. Heavy industry recorded from 1932. Heavy metal attested by 1839 in chemistry; in nautical jargon from at least 1744 in sense "large-caliber guns on a ship.
  • While we undervalue the nicely-balanced weight of broadsides which have lately been brought forward with all the grave precision of Cocker, we are well aware of the decided advantages of heavy metal. ["United Services Journal," London, 1830]
  • As a type of rock music, from 1972.
  • adj having great weight
  • adj difficult, severe
  • adj depressed, gloomy
  • adj listless, slow
Example sentences :
  • "Most certainly; and well, if you have no heavier load to bear," replied the other.
  • Extract from : « The Sister Years (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • This is because it is heavier than air, and gravity draws it to the ground.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • The greater this pressure the large and heavier the object which can be raised.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • Then again, I was twenty pounds heavier than he was, and could take care of myself.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • But he did not feel satisfied, and the weight on his heart grew heavier and heavier.
  • Extract from : « Moni the Goat-Boy » by Johanna Spyri
  • You are thinner than a grasshopper, and you won't make it any heavier.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • I think you should sit in the back seat, as you are the heavier of the two.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • The hand of the old man grew heavier and heavier on her head.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 » by Various
  • "That must be the soldiers," he thought, listening to the heavier rifle fire.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • His suffering had so wasted him that he was no heavier than a boy of ten, poor fellow.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

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