Wondering how to hyphenate the English word heavier? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.
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Of comparatively great physical weight or density A heavy load Lead is a heavy metal Heavy mahogany furniture |
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Unusually great in degree or quantity or number Heavy taxes A heavy fine Heavy casualties Heavy losses Heavy rain Heavy traffic |
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Of the military or industry Using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment Heavy artillery Heavy infantry A heavy cruiser Heavy guns Heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries |
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Marked by great psychological weight Weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness A heavy heart A heavy schedule Heavy news A heavy silence Heavy eyelids |
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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 The fighting was heavy Heavy seas |
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(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight Heavy hydrogen Heavy water |
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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 Heavy fog Impenetrable gloom |
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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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Prodigious Big spender Big eater Heavy investor |
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Full and loud and deep Heavy sounds A herald chosen for his sonorous voice |
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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 Faced a grave decision in a time of crisis A grievous fault Heavy matters of state The weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference |
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Slow and laborious because of weight The heavy tread of tired troops Moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot Ponderous prehistoric beasts A ponderous yawn |
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Large and powerful Especially designed for heavy loads or rough work A heavy truck Heavy machinery |
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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 Vines weighed down with grapes |
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Requiring or showing effort Heavy breathing The subject made for labored reading |
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Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion Especially physical effort Worked their arduous way up the mining valley A grueling campaign Hard labor Heavy work Heavy going Spent many laborious hours on the project Set a punishing pace |
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Lacking lightness or liveliness Heavy humor A leaden conversation |
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(of sleep) deep and complete A heavy sleep Fell into a profound sleep A sound sleeper Deep wakeless sleep |
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In an advanced stage of pregnancy Was big with child Was great with child |