hanging heavy
Looming with weight
Time hangs heavy when it passes slowly and oppressively, weighed down by boredom, anxiety, or anticipation.
The phrase captures how unpleasant waiting makes duration feel almost physical: The hours hung heavy as she waited for news from the hospital.
Something can also hang heavy on the mind or conscience—a burden not easily shaken.
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- pullForce toward oneself
- pendulousHanging so as to swing
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
storm brewing · suspended · tension · pregnant pause · laden · rope · suffocating · melancholy · tethered · oppression · brooding · dark cloud · looming · guilt · ominous · drooping · bag · weight
hanging heavylifting
Raising something heavy
buoyant · weightless · airy · light · breezy
hanging heavyfloating
Staying atop liquid
weightless · buoyant · light · feathery · ethereal
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