ponderous
of great weight; heavy; massive.
awkward or unwieldy: He carried a ponderous burden on his back.
dull and labored: a ponderous dissertation.
Origin of ponderous
1Other words for ponderous
3 | heavy, boring, dreary, plodding, tedious |
Opposites for ponderous
Other words from ponderous
- pon·der·ous·ly, adverb
- pon·der·ous·ness, pon·der·os·i·ty [pon-duh-ros-i-tee], /ˌpɒn dəˈrɒs ɪ ti/, noun
- non·pon·der·os·i·ty, noun
- non·pon·der·ous, adjective
- non·pon·der·ous·ly, adverb
- non·pon·der·ous·ness, noun
- o·ver·pon·der·ous, adjective
- o·ver·pon·der·ous·ly, adverb
- o·ver·pon·der·ous·ness, noun
- un·pon·der·ous, adjective
- un·pon·der·ous·ly, adverb
- un·pon·der·ous·ness, noun
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How to use ponderous in a sentence
David Saunderson was the embodiment of ponderousness; he spoke as slowly as he moved his cumbersome limbs.
War-time Silhouettes | Stephen HudsonHe moved in the cotillon or waltz with a certain elephantine ponderousness and sagacity.
Round the Block | John Bell BoutonHe believed that ponderousness and extension were qualities indispensable to eloquence.
The Torrent | Vicente Blasco IbaezThe towering closeness of these on each hand, their impenetrability, and their ponderousness, are felt as a physical pressure.
A Changed Man and Other Tales | Thomas HardyIt has not the didactic ponderousness of Odos writing, but its language is clumsy.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor
British Dictionary definitions for ponderous
/ (ˈpɒndərəs) /
of great weight; heavy; huge
(esp of movement) lacking ease or lightness; awkward, lumbering, or graceless
dull or laborious: a ponderous oration
Origin of ponderous
1Derived forms of ponderous
- ponderously, adverb
- ponderousness or ponderosity (ˌpɒndəˈrɒsɪtɪ), noun
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