heaviness

noun

1. 1

   unwelcome burdensome difficulty

2. 2

   the property of being comparatively great in weight

   the heaviness of lead

3. 3

   used of a line or mark

4. 4

   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

5. 5

   persisting sadness

   nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss