Heavy means having a lot of weight or being hard to lift or move. It can also describe something serious, intense, or emotionally difficult.
From Old English “hefig,” meaning heavy, oppressive, or burdensome. It is related to words in other Germanic languages with similar meanings.
We talk about a “heavy heart” or a “heavy atmosphere” as if emotions had physical weight. That’s the old sense of heaviness as something that presses down on you, not just on a scale.
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