Heaving, n.
- 1. Panting.
- 2. Swell, rising, swelling, heave.
Heavy, a.
- 1. Weighty (with reference to one’s strength), ponderous, hard or difficult to lift.
- 2. Oppressive, grievous, severe, burdensome, cumbersome, afflictive.
- 3. Dull, sluggish, inert, inactive, dilatory, stupid, torpid, indolent, slow, lifeless, inanimate.
- 4. Dejected, depressed, sorrowful, sad, gloomy, melancholy, despondent, disconsolate, crushed, cast
down, downcast, down-hearted, low-spirited, crestfallen, chapfallen, in low spirits.
- 5. Onerous, difficult, laborious, hard.
- 6. Tedious, tiresome, wearisome, weary.
- 7. Loaded, burdened, encumbered, weighed down.
- 8. Miry, muddy, cloggy, clayey.
- 9. Clammy (as bread), ill-raised, soggy.
- 10. Stormy, tempestuous, violent, severe, strong, energetic, boisterous.
- 11. Loud, deep, roaring.
- 12. Dense, dark, gloomy, lowering, cloudy.
- 13. Hard to digest, burdensome, oppressive.
- 14. Of great body, strong, heady (said of liquors).
- 15. Thick, heavy-bodied (said of liquids).