Synonyms for top-heavy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : top-hev-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɒpˌhɛv i |
Définition of top-heavy
Origin :- 1530s, from top (n.1) + heavy.
- adj unstable
- "And you're getting it so high it's top-heavy," cautioned Mrs. Drelmer.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But the weight of the stones makes him top-heavy; he falls in and is drowned.
- Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
- And your skull will be so top-heavy with prudence, that it will be difficult for you to keep on your feet.
- Extract from : « The Cycle of Spring » by Rabindranath Tagore
- It was almost a miracle that the top-heavy sled did not upset.
- Extract from : « The Camp in the Snow » by William Murray Graydon
- Top-heavy was the ship as a dinnerless student with all Aristotle in his head.
- Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
- The top-heavy youth closed his magazine and unlocked a brain-cell.
- Extract from : « The Promise » by James B. Hendryx
- Like most overgrown creatures he was top-heavy and lethargic and very humble-minded.
- Extract from : « Scally » by Ian Hay
- I must have a coachman with a top-heavy wig, and horses so big that they frighten me.
- Extract from : « Framley Parsonage » by Anthony Trollope
- I still observe the top-heavy "Household Words" in the title.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens
- It is so aggravatingly shallow, so infernally hot to hold, and so top-heavy.
- Extract from : « The American Egypt » by Channing Arnold
Antonyms for top-heavy
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