Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

make heavy weather

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English

Syllables
make heavy weath-er
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make progress only with difficulty.

Inflected Forms

makes heavy weather (present, singular) making heavy weather (participle, present) made heavy weather (participle, past) made heavy weather (past)

Phrases

make heavy weather of make the weather

Frequently Paired Words

make heavy weather of make the weather

Antonyms

make light work of

Questions

What does make heavy weather mean?
To make progress only with difficulty.

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