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| NOUN: | Slang. A mean, worthless character in a story or play: villain. See RIGHT. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Having a large body, especially in girth: bulky, hefty, hulking, hulky, husky2, stout. See BIG. 2. Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength: arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, rough, severe, taxing, tough, trying, weighty. See HEAVY. 3. Slang. Beyond the understanding of an average mind: abstruse, deep, esoteric, profound, recondite. See EASY, SURFACE. 4. Characterized by abundance: abundant, ample, bounteous, bountiful, copious, generous, plenitudinous, plenteous, plentiful, substantial, voluminous. See BIG, GIVE, RICH. 5. Having great consequence or weight: earnest1, grave2, momentous, serious, severe, weighty. See IMPORTANT. 6. Burdened by a weighty load: heavy-laden, laden, loaded. See FULL. 7. Having a relatively great weight: heavyweight, hefty, massive, ponderous, weighty. See HEAVY. 8. Indulging in drink to an excessive degree: hard. Informal : two-fisted. See EXCESS. 9. Intensely sustained, especially in activity: concentrated, fierce, heightened, intense, intensive. See STRONG. 10. Not readily digested because of richness: rich. See INGESTION. 11. Unwieldy or clumsy, especially due to excess weight: cumbersome, cumbrous, lumpish, lumpy, ponderous. See EASY, HEAVY. 12. Intensely violent in sustained velocity: fierce, furious, high, strong. See STRONG. 13. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms: dirty, raging, roiled, roily, rough, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly, violent, wild. See CALM. 14. Conveying great physical force: hard, hefty, powerful, severe. See BIG. 15. Growing profusely: dense, lush1, luxuriant, profuse, rank2, thick. See BIG. 16. Having a dense or viscous consistency: gelatinous, stodgy, thick. See SOLID.
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