HEAVIER

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

(used of soil) compact and fine-grained

Example: "The clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"

Darkened by clouds

Example: "A heavy sky"

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

Example: "Iago is the heavy role in `othello'"

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

Example: "Dense smoke"

Of relatively large extent and density

Example: "A heavy line"

Made of fabric having considerable thickness

Example: "A heavy coat"

Prodigious

Example: "Big spender"

Full and loud and deep

Example: "Heavy sounds"

Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

Example: "A hard drinker"

Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

Example: "Grave responsibilities"

Slow and laborious because of weight

Example: "The heavy tread of tired troops"

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

Example: "A heavy truck"

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

Example: "A heavy pudding"

Sharply inclined

Example: "A heavy grade"

Full of; bearing great weight

Example: "Trees heavy with fruit"

Requiring or showing effort

Example: "Heavy breathing"

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

Example: "Worked their arduous way up the mining valley"

Lacking lightness or liveliness

Example: "Heavy humor"

(of sleep) deep and complete

Example: "A heavy sleep"

In an advanced stage of pregnancy

Example: "Was big with child"