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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Of, pertaining to, possessing, or characterised by weight; weighty; weightful; heavy; grave; grievous..
On next meeting Mrs. Ottarson, she permitted no semblance of complaint or of adverse criticism to evidence the weightsome discouragement that oppressed her.
"Fate-dispenser," Medford Browne was wont to ask her on occasion, "how canst thou be so blithe when so weightsome is thy day's allotment of labor?"
Use weightsome when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Weightsome means Of, pertaining to, possessing, or characterised by weight; weighty; weightful; heavy; grave; grievous..
Common synonyms include earnest, solemn, austere, frightful.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
On next meeting Mrs. Ottarson, she permitted no semblance of complaint or of adverse criticism to evidence the weightsome discouragement that oppressed her.
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