Definitions for: Weighty


[adj] powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument"
[adj] excessively fat; "a weighty man"
[adj] having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package"
[adj] weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems"
[adj] 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: Weight"y, a. [Compar. Weightier; superl.
Weightiest.]
1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.

2. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince;
important; forcible; serious; momentous. ``For sundry
weighty reasons.'' --Shak.

Let me have your advice in a weighty affair.
--Swift.

3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive. [R.] ``Attend our weightier
judgment.'' --Shak.

Syn: Heavy; ponderous; burdensome; onerous; forcible;
momentous; efficacious; impressive; cogent.

Synonyms: cogent, corpulent, fat, forceful, grave, grievous, heavy, important, obese, of import, rotund, telling

Antonyms: weightless

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