heavy

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an actor who plays villainous roles

Sense 2 adjective

of comparatively great physical weight or density

a heavy load

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slowly as if burdened by much weight

time hung heavy on their hands

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a serious (or tragic) role in a play

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unusually great in degree or quantity or number

heavy taxes

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of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment

heavy artillery

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marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness

a heavy heart

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usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

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(used of soil) compact and fine-grained

the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated

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darkened by clouds

a heavy sky

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of great intensity or power or force

a heavy blow

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(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight

heavy hydrogen

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(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain

Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'

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permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

dense smoke

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of relatively large extent and density

a heavy line

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made of fabric having considerable thickness

a heavy coat

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full and loud and deep

heavy sounds

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given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

a hard drinker

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of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

grave responsibilities

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slow and laborious because of weight

the heavy tread of tired troops

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large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work

a heavy truck

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dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal

a heavy pudding

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sharply inclined

a heavy grade

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full of; bearing great weight

trees heavy with fruit

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requiring or showing effort

heavy breathing

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characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

worked their arduous way up the mining valley

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lacking lightness or liveliness

heavy humor

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(of sleep) deep and complete

a heavy sleep