big
enceinte
expectant
gravid
great
large
heavy
with child
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
was big with child
was great with child
heavily
slowly as if burdened by much weight
time hung heavy on their hands
lowering
sullen
threatening
darkened by clouds
a heavy sky
clayey
cloggy
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained
the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated
profound
sound
wakeless
(of sleep) deep and complete
a heavy sleep
fell into a profound sleep
a sound sleeper
deep wakeless sleep
leaden
lacking lightness or liveliness
heavy humor
a leaden conversation
arduous
backbreaking
grueling
gruelling
hard
laborious
operose
punishing
toilsome
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
worked their arduous way up the mining valley
a grueling campaign
hard labor
heavy work
heavy going
spent many laborious hours on the project
set a punishing pace
labored
laboured
requiring or showing effort
heavy breathing
the subject made for labored reading
fleshy
overweight
usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
weighed down
full of; bearing great weight
trees heavy with fruit
vines weighed down with grapes
sharply inclined
a heavy grade
dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
a heavy pudding
of comparatively great physical weight or density
a heavy load
lead is a heavy metal
heavy mahogany furniture
large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
a heavy truck
heavy machinery
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
unusually great in degree or quantity or number
heavy taxes
a heavy fine
heavy casualties
heavy losses
heavy rain
heavy traffic
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
heavy hydrogen
heavy water
of great intensity or power or force
a heavy blow
the fighting was heavy
heavy seas
lumbering
ponderous
slow and laborious because of weight
the heavy tread of tired troops
moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
ponderous prehistoric beasts
a ponderous yawn
of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
heavy artillery
heavy infantry
a heavy cruiser
heavy guns
heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries
grave
grievous
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
intemperate
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
a hard drinker
sonorous
full and loud and deep
heavy sounds
a herald chosen for his sonorous voice
prodigious
big spender
big eater
heavy investor
made of fabric having considerable thickness
a heavy coat
of relatively large extent and density
a heavy line
dense
impenetrable
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
dense smoke
heavy fog
impenetrable gloom
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
Iago is the heavy role in ‘Othello’
a serious (or tragic) role in a play
an actor who plays villainous roles