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weighty

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weighty in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. powerfully persuasive
    "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument"
    cogent  telling  weighty 
  2. excessively fat
    "a weighty man"
    corpulent  obese  weighty  rotund 
  3. 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"
    grave  grievous  heavy  weighty 
  4. having relatively great weight; heavy
    "a weighty load"; "a weighty package"
    weighty 
  5. weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry
    "weighty problems"
    weighty 
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