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weight·y
(wā′tē)adj. weight·i·er, weight·i·est
1. Having considerable weight; heavy. See Synonyms at heavy.
2. Burdensome; oppressive: weighty problems. See Synonyms at burdensome.
3. Of great consequence; serious or momentous: the weighty matters before the delegates at the peace talks.
4. Having great power or influence: a weighty argument.
weight′i·ly adv.
weight′i·ness n.
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weighty
(ˈweɪtɪ)adj, weightier or weightiest
1. having great weight
2. important or momentous
3. causing anxiety or worry
ˈweightily adv
ˈweightiness n
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weight•y
(ˈweɪ ti)adj. weight•i•er, weight•i•est.
1. having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous.
2. burdensome or troublesome.
3. important or momentous.
4. having or exerting influence, power, etc.
[1480–90]
weight′i•ly, adv.
weight′i•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | weighty - having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package" weightless - having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light; "floating freely in a weightless condition"; "a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth"; "jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric" |
2. | weighty - powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" persuasive - intended or having the power to induce action or belief; "persuasive eloquence"; "a most persuasive speaker"; "a persuasive argument" | |
3. | weighty - 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" | |
4. | weighty - weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems" heavy - 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" | |
5. | weighty - excessively fat; "a weighty man" fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" |
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weighty
adjective
1. important, serious, significant, critical, crucial, considerable, substantial, grave, solemn, momentous, forcible, consequential, portentous Surely such weighty matters merit a higher level of debate?
important minor, petty, trivial, insignificant, unimportant, frivolous, incidental, immaterial, inconsequential
important minor, petty, trivial, insignificant, unimportant, frivolous, incidental, immaterial, inconsequential
2. heavy, massive, dense, hefty (informal), cumbersome, ponderous, burdensome Simon lifted a weighty volume from the shelf.
3. onerous, taxing, demanding, difficult, worrying, crushing, exacting, oppressive, burdensome, worrisome, backbreaking the weighty responsibility of organizing the entire event
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
weighty
adjective1. Having a relatively great weight:
2. Having too much flesh:
3. Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength:
arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, rough, severe, taxing, tough, trying.
5. Having or exercising influence:
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ثَقيلمُهِم
betydningsfuldtungvigtig
áhrifamikill, mikilvægurmjög òungur
pádny
weighty
[ˈweɪtɪ] ADJ (weightier (compar) (weightiest (superl)))2. (fig) [matter, problem] → grave; [argument, reason] → importante, de peso; [burden] → pesado; [responsibility] → grande
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
weighty
adj (+er)
(lit) → schwer
(fig) → gewichtig; (= influential) argument → schwerwiegend, gewichtig; (= burdensome) responsibility → schwerwiegend, schwer
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
weighty
[ˈweɪtɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fig) (problems, duties, considerations) → importanteCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
weigh
(wei) verb1. to find the heaviness of (something) by placing it on a scale. He weighed himself on the bathroom scales; You must have your luggage weighed at the airport.
2. to be equal to in heaviness. This parcel weighs one kilo; How much / What does this box weigh?
3. to be a heavy burden to. She was weighed down with two large suitcases.
weight (weit) noun1. the amount which a person or thing weighs. He's put on a lot of weight (= got much fatter) over the years.
2. a piece of metal etc of a standard weight. seven-pound weight.
3. a heavy object, especially one for lifting as a sport. He lifts weights to develop his muscles.
4. burden; load. You have taken a weight off my mind.
5. importance. Her opinion carries a lot of weight.
verb1. to attach, or add, a weight or weights to. The plane is weighted at the nose so that it balances correctly in flight.
2. to hold down by attaching weights. They weighted the balloon to prevent it from flying away.
ˈweightless adjective not affected by the earth's gravity pull. The astronauts became weightless on going into orbit round the earth.
ˈweightlessness nounˈweighty adjective
1. important. a weighty reason.
2. heavy.
ˈweightily adverbˈweightiness noun
ˈweighing-machine noun
a (public) machine for weighing people, loads etc; a scale. I weighed myself on the weighing-machine at the railway station.
ˈweightlifting noun the sport of lifting weights.
weigh anchor to lift a ship's anchor in preparation for sailing.
weigh in to find one's weight before a fight, after a horse-race etc ( ˈweigh-in) nounweigh out
to measure out by weighing. He weighed out six kilos of sand.
weigh up to calculate, estimate; to consider. He weighed up his chances of success.
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