Weighty - Definition

weighty

adj 1: having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load";
"a weighty package" [ant: weightless]
2: powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling
presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn: cogent,
telling, weighty]
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" [syn: grave, grievous, heavy, weighty]
4: weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry;
"weighty problems"
5: excessively fat; "a weighty man" [syn: corpulent, obese,
weighty, rotund]

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