Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Heavy (the different significations often scarce distinguishable, as they afford much scope to quibbling), 1) weighty, ponderous: Meas. III, 1, 27. Err. V, 402. Ado V, 1, 286. Merch. IV, 1, 328. R3 I, 3, 231. II, 2, 113. III, 1, 120. III, 1, 120 V, 3, 65. Troil. IV, 1, 66. Lr. IV, 6, 52. Ant. IV, 12, 46. IV, 15, 32 etc. cf. Ven. 1073. Gent. I, 2, 85. Ado III, 4, 26. LLL III, 60. Wint. III, 2, 209. R2 II, 2, 32. H4A V, 3, 34. Lr. IV, 6, 150 etc. Metaphorically: “her death shall fall h. on you,” Ado V, 1, 151. “the news I bring is h. in my tongue,” LLL V, 2, 727. “it is a charge too h. for my strength,” All's III, 3, 4. “this fever lies h. on me,” John V, 3, 4. “be Mowbray's sins so h. in his bosom,” R2 I, 2, 50. I, 3, 280. H6B V, 2, 65. R3 V, 3, 111. Cor. IV, 2, 48. Tim. III, 5, 10. Mcb. I, 4, 16 etc.
2) not easily borne; a) grievous, hard, severe: “this my mean task would be as h. to me as odious,” Tp. III, 1, 5. “an act, under whose h. sense your brother's life falls into forfeit,” Meas. I, 4, 65. “a --er task could not have been imposed,” Err. I, 1, 32. “h. tedious penury,” As III, 2, 342. “for thee remains a --er doom,” R2 I, 3, 148. “a h. sentence,” R2 I, 3, 148 “our griefs --er than our offences,” H4B IV, 1, 69. “your --est censure,” Cor. V, 6, 143. “this h. task,” Tit. V, 2, 58. “at --est answer,” Tim. V, 4, 63. “under h. judgment,” Mcb. I, 3, 110. “'tis h. with him,” Hml. III, 3, 84 (his fate is hard). “a h. reckoning,” Cymb. V, 4, 159 and H5 IV, 1, 141.
b) oppressive, crushing: “Fate, take not away thy h. hand,” Ado IV, 1, 116. “a h. curse from Rome,” John III, 1, 205. John III, 1, 205 R3 III, 4, 94. IV, 4, 187 (Ff grievous). “to lay a h. and unequal hand upon our honours,” H4B IV, 1, 102. “whose h. hand hath bowed you to the grave,” Mcb. III, 1, 90. “such despite and h. terms,” Oth. IV, 2, 116.
c) bad, wicked: “then was your sin of --er kind than his,” Meas. II, 3, 28. “do not repent these things, for they are --er than all thy woes can stir,” Wint. III, 2, 209. “the graceless action of a h. hand,” John IV, 3, 58. “a h. deed,” Hml. IV, 1, 12.
d) annoying, wearisome: “is love so light, and may it be that thou shouldst think it h. unto thee?” Ven. 156. the most --est (night) Gent. IV, 2, 141. “this is a h. chance twixt him and you,” Shr. I, 2, 46. “from a God to a bull? a h. descension,” H4B II, 2, 192. tedious, “wearisome and h.” R3 III, 1, 5. “they are harsh and h. to me,” H8 IV, 2, 95. “discourse is h., fasting,” Cymb. III, 6, 91.
3) full of weight, important: “trust him not in matter of h. consequence,” All's II, 5, 49. “let every word weigh h. of her worth,” III, 4, 31. “some h. business hath my lord in hand,” H4A II, 3, 66. “your too much love and care of me are h. orisons 'gainst this poor wretch,” H5 II, 2, 53. “most just and h. causes,” Lr. V, 1, 27.
4) sad, sorrowful; used of persons: “a h. convertite,” Lucr. 743. “how h. do I journey on the way,” Sonn. 50, 1. “h. Saturn laughed,” 98, 4. Gent. III, 2, 62. Err. V, 45. LLL V, 2, 14. Merch. V, 130. H4B V, 2, 14. H4B V, 2, 14 H4B V, 2, 14 Rom. I, 1, 143. Caes. II, 1, 275. Per. V Prol. Per. V Prol. Of things: “her h. anthem still concludes in woe,” Ven. 839. Ven. 839 Ven. 839 Ven. 839 Lucr. 1326. Lucr. 1326 Sonn. 44, 14. Gent. I, 2, 84. Wiv. IV, 6, 2. Ado II, 3, 73. III, 2, 63. III, 4, 25. LLL I, 2, 127. V, 2, 747. Mids. III, 2, 84. All's III, 2, 35. V, 3, 100. Wint III, 3, 115. R2 II, 2, 32. II, 4, 18. III, 2, 196. III, 2, 196 III, 3, 8. IV, 257. H6A IV, 2, 40. H6B III, 2, 306. H6B III, 2, 306 H6C I, 4, 160. II, 1, 43. II, 5, 63. II, 6, 42. III, 3, 37. R3 I, 4, 149. H8 III, 2, 391. Rom. IV, 5, 18. Hml. II, 2, 420. Lr. IV, 6, 150. Oth. IV, 2, 42. V, 2, 98. V, 2, 98 Ant. IV, 14, 134. IV, 15, 40.
5) slow, sluggish, dull: “h. ignorance aloft to fly,” Sonn. 78, 6. “is not lead a metal h., dull and slow?” LLL III, 60. “their h. toil,” IV, 3, 326. “the h. gait of night,” Mids. V, 375. “melancholy had baked thy blood and made it h. thick,” John III, 3, 43. “cheered up the h. time,” IV, 1, 47. “O h. ignorance,” Oth. II, 1, 144. “their ships are yare, yours h.” Ant. III, 7, 39.
6) weary, drowsy, sleepy: “intending weariness with h. spright,” Lucr. 121. though woe be h., yet it seldom sleeps, 1574 (quibbling). when h. sleep had closed up mortal eyes, 163; cf. Sonn. 43, 12. “my h. eyelids,” 61, 2. “I am very h.” Tp. II, 1, 189. Tp. II, 1, 189 “do not omit the h. offer of it,” Tp. II, 1, 189 “upon the h. middle of the night,” Meas. IV, 1, 35. “whilst the h. ploughman snores,” Mids. V, 380. H4A V, 3, 34. R3 I, 4, 74. Caes. IV, 3, 256. Mcb. II, 1, 6. Lr. II, 2, 178.
7) gloomy: “with a h., dark, disliking eye,” Ven. 182. “with h. eye, knit brow,” Lucr. 709. “it is a h. night,” Oth. V, 1, 42.