English words for '(often euphemistic) Overweight.'
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noun
- (slang) An overweight person.
- (originally) A sausage made primarily from blood.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.
- (slang) Entrails.
- Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.
- (endearing) A term of endearment.
- A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
- A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
- any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed
- (British) the dessert course of a meal (‘pud’ is used informally)
- any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes
noun
- (figuratively, colloquial, derogatory) An overweight person (usually a woman)
- (loosely) Any species of Cetacea.
- (figuratively) Something, or someone, that is very large.
- (gambling, figuratively) A gambler who routinely wagers large amounts of money.
- (marketing, figuratively) A person who spends large amounts of money on things that are marketed to them.
- (figuratively, as "whale of a ___") Something, or someone, that is excellent.
- (finance, figuratively, informal) An investor who deals with very large amounts of money.
- Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.
- any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
- a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
verb
adj
- (slang, derogatory, humorous) Overweight, obese.
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
- (computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
- (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
- (British, slang, only in "wide boy") Sharp-witted.
- Large in scope.
- not on target
- (used of eyes) fully open or extended
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- having ample fabric
- great in degree
- broad in scope or content
- very large in expanse or scope
adv
noun
noun
- (derogatory, slang) An overweight person.
- (US) A cylindrical cake containing jelly (jam).
- (finance) An options position consisting of two calls and two puts, which can be seen as a combination of synthetic long and short positions with different expiries, or a combination of a put time spread and a call time spread.
- a male hairstyle, common in the 1950s USA, a roll of greased hair longitudinally aligned front to back at the middle of the head
- (by extension, US slang) The female genitalia, sexual intercourse, or a lover.
noun
- (slang) A corpulent or obese person.
- Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
- (humorous or derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
- (mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
- The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
- A small cask.
- (automotive) The bare body shell of an automobile (minus the doors, hood, trunk lid, fenders, etc.) which is lowered onto the chassis at the time of assembly, or in the case of modern unibody designed vehicles, is itself a monocoque around which the rest of the vehicle is built.
- (nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.
- A bathtub.
- A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
- a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
- the amount that a tub will hold
- a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
verb
adj
- (sometimes derogatory) Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
- Bulbous; rotund.
- Alternative form of phat.
- (computing) Carrying additional data or functionality.
- (golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
- (slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.
- Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
- (music) Having a full or rich sound with strong bass and low-midrange presence.
- Fertile; productive.
- Bountiful.
- (theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
- Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
- Thick; large.
- Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
- lucrative
- having an (over)abundance of flesh
- marked by great fruitfulness
- having a relatively large diameter
- containing or composed of fat
noun
- (informal, derogatory) A fat person.
- (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
- (countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
- That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
- (slang) An erection.
- A fop or dandy.
- Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
- The best or richest productions; the best part.
- (Australia) A beef cattle fattened for sale.
- (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
- a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
- excess bodily weight
verb
noun
- (informal, derogatory) An overweight or obese person.
- (historical, slang, South Africa) An armored personnel carrier used by the South African Defence Force.
- (informal, chess) Hippopotamus Defence.
- Clipping of hippopotamus.
- massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
noun
- (slang) An obese person.
- (aviation) An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
- (film, television) A soundproof cover for a video camera.
- A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.
- (by extension) Any large airborne inflatable.
- a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
verb
noun
- (figuratively, derogatory) An obese person.
- (figuratively, derogatory) Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
- (US, slang) A Cadillac car.
- (figuratively, derogatory) A dirty or slovenly person.
- (uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
- (specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
- (US, military, slang) The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
- (US, slang) A Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
- (uncountable) A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating a greater score or losing previous points gained.
- (countable and uncountable) An oblong block of cast metal (now only iron or lead).
- (Scotland) An earthenware pot or jar
- (engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.
- (countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
- (informal) A difficult problem.
- (slang) The victim of a pig butchering scam.
- (specifically) An earthenware vessel used as a hot-water bottle
- (derogatory, slang) A police officer.
- (figuratively, derogatory) A lecherous or sexist man.
- A lead container used for radioactive waste.
- (uncountable) A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called pig pink).
- The mold in which a block of metal is cast.
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- a coarse obnoxious person
- a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- domestic swine
- a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace
- mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
verb
- (intransitive) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
- (intransitive) To live together in a crowded filthy manner.
- (intransitive) To greedily consume (especially food).
- (of swine) To give birth.
- (transitive, engineering) To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).
- live like a pig, in squalor
- give birth to (piglets)
- eat greedily
noun
adj
- (of a person) Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
- (investment, finance, followed by a noun or prepositional phrase indicating a security or type of security) Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.
- (transport, law, of a vehicle) Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
verb
adj
- (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
- (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
- (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (slang) Armed.
- (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- Having the heaves.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- slow and laborious because of weight
- prodigious
- of relatively large extent and density
- full and loud and deep
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- darkened by clouds
- full of; bearing great weight
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- sharply inclined
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- requiring or showing effort
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- of great intensity or power or force
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
adv
noun
- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
- A prominent figure; a "major player".
- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
verb
noun
intj
verb
noun
- (slang, derogatory) An obese person, usually a woman.
- An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
- The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
- Ellipsis of buffalo robe.
- A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
- (slang, derogatory, offensive) A black male.
- Ellipsis of American buffalo (“gold bullion coin”).
- (slang, derogatory) A large or stupid person.
- (US slang) A nickel.
- (slang, US, historical) A looter during the Civil War.
- any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo, Cape buffalo
- meat from an American bison
- large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
verb
noun
adj
noun
- (countable, slang) A chubby, plump, or overweight person.
- (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (by extension) Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.
- In North America, a black bass.
- (countable, gay slang, specifically) An overweight gay man who is part of the chubby subculture.
- (uncountable, informal) Excess body fat.
- In Europe, its close relatives, notably the fallfish.
- (countable) A plastic or other flexible package of meat, usually ground meat or luncheon meat.
- A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus)
- European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
verb
noun
name
- A town in Harry Gwala District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
- A rural locality in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.
- A former district of Strathclyde, Scotland, renamed from Lanark in 1980, and abolished in 1996 along with the region.
- A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- The valley of the River Clyde in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS91).
noun
- (slang) An overweight person.
- (originally) A sausage made primarily from blood.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.
- (slang) Entrails.
- Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.
- (endearing) A term of endearment.
- A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
- A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
- any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed
- (British) the dessert course of a meal (‘pud’ is used informally)
- any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes
noun
- (figuratively, colloquial, derogatory) An overweight person (usually a woman)
- (loosely) Any species of Cetacea.
- (figuratively) Something, or someone, that is very large.
- (gambling, figuratively) A gambler who routinely wagers large amounts of money.
- (marketing, figuratively) A person who spends large amounts of money on things that are marketed to them.
- (figuratively, as "whale of a ___") Something, or someone, that is excellent.
- (finance, figuratively, informal) An investor who deals with very large amounts of money.
- Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.
- any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
- a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
verb
noun
- (derogatory, slang) An overweight person.
- (US) A cylindrical cake containing jelly (jam).
- (finance) An options position consisting of two calls and two puts, which can be seen as a combination of synthetic long and short positions with different expiries, or a combination of a put time spread and a call time spread.
- a male hairstyle, common in the 1950s USA, a roll of greased hair longitudinally aligned front to back at the middle of the head
- (by extension, US slang) The female genitalia, sexual intercourse, or a lover.
noun
- (slang) A corpulent or obese person.
- Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
- (humorous or derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
- (mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
- The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
- A small cask.
- (automotive) The bare body shell of an automobile (minus the doors, hood, trunk lid, fenders, etc.) which is lowered onto the chassis at the time of assembly, or in the case of modern unibody designed vehicles, is itself a monocoque around which the rest of the vehicle is built.
- (nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.
- A bathtub.
- A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
- a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
- the amount that a tub will hold
- a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
verb
noun
- (informal, derogatory) An overweight or obese person.
- (historical, slang, South Africa) An armored personnel carrier used by the South African Defence Force.
- (informal, chess) Hippopotamus Defence.
- Clipping of hippopotamus.
- massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
noun
- (slang) An obese person.
- (aviation) An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
- (film, television) A soundproof cover for a video camera.
- A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.
- (by extension) Any large airborne inflatable.
- a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
verb
noun
- (figuratively, derogatory) An obese person.
- (figuratively, derogatory) Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
- (US, slang) A Cadillac car.
- (figuratively, derogatory) A dirty or slovenly person.
- (uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
- (specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
- (US, military, slang) The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
- (US, slang) A Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
- (uncountable) A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating a greater score or losing previous points gained.
- (countable and uncountable) An oblong block of cast metal (now only iron or lead).
- (Scotland) An earthenware pot or jar
- (engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.
- (countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
- (informal) A difficult problem.
- (slang) The victim of a pig butchering scam.
- (specifically) An earthenware vessel used as a hot-water bottle
- (derogatory, slang) A police officer.
- (figuratively, derogatory) A lecherous or sexist man.
- A lead container used for radioactive waste.
- (uncountable) A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called pig pink).
- The mold in which a block of metal is cast.
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- a coarse obnoxious person
- a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- domestic swine
- a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace
- mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
verb
- (intransitive) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
- (intransitive) To live together in a crowded filthy manner.
- (intransitive) To greedily consume (especially food).
- (of swine) To give birth.
- (transitive, engineering) To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).
- live like a pig, in squalor
- give birth to (piglets)
- eat greedily
noun
adj
- (of a person) Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
- (investment, finance, followed by a noun or prepositional phrase indicating a security or type of security) Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.
- (transport, law, of a vehicle) Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
verb
noun
intj
verb
noun
- (slang, derogatory) An obese person, usually a woman.
- An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
- The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
- Ellipsis of buffalo robe.
- A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
- (slang, derogatory, offensive) A black male.
- Ellipsis of American buffalo (“gold bullion coin”).
- (slang, derogatory) A large or stupid person.
- (US slang) A nickel.
- (slang, US, historical) A looter during the Civil War.
- any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo, Cape buffalo
- meat from an American bison
- large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
verb
noun
adj
adj
- (sometimes derogatory) Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
- Bulbous; rotund.
- Alternative form of phat.
- (computing) Carrying additional data or functionality.
- (golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
- (slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.
- Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
- (music) Having a full or rich sound with strong bass and low-midrange presence.
- Fertile; productive.
- Bountiful.
- (theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
- Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
- Thick; large.
- Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
- lucrative
- having an (over)abundance of flesh
- marked by great fruitfulness
- having a relatively large diameter
- containing or composed of fat
noun
- (informal, derogatory) A fat person.
- (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
- (countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
- That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
- (slang) An erection.
- A fop or dandy.
- Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
- The best or richest productions; the best part.
- (Australia) A beef cattle fattened for sale.
- (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
- a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
- excess bodily weight
verb
noun
- (countable, slang) A chubby, plump, or overweight person.
- (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (by extension) Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.
- In North America, a black bass.
- (countable, gay slang, specifically) An overweight gay man who is part of the chubby subculture.
- (uncountable, informal) Excess body fat.
- In Europe, its close relatives, notably the fallfish.
- (countable) A plastic or other flexible package of meat, usually ground meat or luncheon meat.
- A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus)
- European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
verb
noun
name
- A town in Harry Gwala District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
- A rural locality in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.
- A former district of Strathclyde, Scotland, renamed from Lanark in 1980, and abolished in 1996 along with the region.
- A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- The valley of the River Clyde in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS91).
adj
- (slang, derogatory, humorous) Overweight, obese.
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
- (computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
- (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
- (British, slang, only in "wide boy") Sharp-witted.
- Large in scope.
- not on target
- (used of eyes) fully open or extended
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- having ample fabric
- great in degree
- broad in scope or content
- very large in expanse or scope
adv
noun
adj
- (sometimes derogatory) Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
- Bulbous; rotund.
- Alternative form of phat.
- (computing) Carrying additional data or functionality.
- (golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
- (slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.
- Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
- (music) Having a full or rich sound with strong bass and low-midrange presence.
- Fertile; productive.
- Bountiful.
- (theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
- Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
- Thick; large.
- Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
- lucrative
- having an (over)abundance of flesh
- marked by great fruitfulness
- having a relatively large diameter
- containing or composed of fat
noun
- (informal, derogatory) A fat person.
- (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
- (countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
- That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
- (slang) An erection.
- A fop or dandy.
- Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
- The best or richest productions; the best part.
- (Australia) A beef cattle fattened for sale.
- (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
- a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
- excess bodily weight
verb
adj
- (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
- (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
- (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (slang) Armed.
- (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- Having the heaves.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- slow and laborious because of weight
- prodigious
- of relatively large extent and density
- full and loud and deep
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- darkened by clouds
- full of; bearing great weight
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- sharply inclined
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- requiring or showing effort
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- of great intensity or power or force
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
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noun
- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
- A prominent figure; a "major player".
- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play