emotional weight
Burden of feeling
Emotional weight is the psychological burden or significance something carries.
A decision may have emotional weight when its consequences feel heavy or serious: The emotional weight of telling her parents kept her up at night.
Objects, memories, or responsibilities can all carry emotional weight—the sense that they matter in ways that press on the mind and heart.
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- heavy heartProfound emotional sadness
- heavinessState of being weighty
- weighed downMade heavy by burden
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
sorrow · gravity · baggage · heartache · ache · gut punch · toll · depth · significance · laden · carrying · shoulders · pressure · sadness · intensity · profound · impact · anchor
- Vocal Emotionpassion, belting, vocal power, soul, expressiveness
emotional weightlevity
Lack of seriousness
triviality · hollowness · coldness · inconsequentiality · detachment
emotional weightfluff
Light, soft fibers
superficiality · shallowness · bare facts · triviality · frivolity
emotional weightlightness
Minimal weight or gravity
levity · breeziness · airiness · buoyancy · lightheartedness
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