Antonyms for top-heavy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : top-hev-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɒpˌhɛv i


Definition of top-heavy

Origin :
  • 1530s, from top (n.1) + heavy.
  • adj unstable
Example sentences :
  • "And you're getting it so high it's top-heavy," cautioned Mrs. Drelmer.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • But the weight of the stones makes him top-heavy; he falls in and is drowned.
  • Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
  • And your skull will be so top-heavy with prudence, that it will be difficult for you to keep on your feet.
  • Extract from : « The Cycle of Spring » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • It was almost a miracle that the top-heavy sled did not upset.
  • Extract from : « The Camp in the Snow » by William Murray Graydon
  • Top-heavy was the ship as a dinnerless student with all Aristotle in his head.
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
  • The top-heavy youth closed his magazine and unlocked a brain-cell.
  • Extract from : « The Promise » by James B. Hendryx
  • Like most overgrown creatures he was top-heavy and lethargic and very humble-minded.
  • Extract from : « Scally » by Ian Hay
  • I must have a coachman with a top-heavy wig, and horses so big that they frighten me.
  • Extract from : « Framley Parsonage » by Anthony Trollope
  • I still observe the top-heavy "Household Words" in the title.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens
  • It is so aggravatingly shallow, so infernally hot to hold, and so top-heavy.
  • Extract from : « The American Egypt » by Channing Arnold

Synonyms for top-heavy

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