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Ponderous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ponderous? [adj] having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons" [adj] slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn" [adj] labored and dull; "a ponderous speech" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ponderous: heavy \| heavy-footed \| lumbering \| uninteresting Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ponderous: all thumbs \| arid \| awkward \| barren \| big \| blah \| blank \| bloodless \| blunderheaded \| blundering \| bombastic \| boorish \| boring \| bulky \| bumbling \| bungling \| butterfingered \| careless \| characterless \| clownish \| clumsy \| clumsy-fisted \| cold \| colorless \| contrary \| cramped \| crosswise \| cumbersome \| cumbrous \| dead \| dismal \| draggy \| drearisome \| dreary \| dry \| dryasdust \| dull \| dusty \| effete \| elephantine \| empty \| etiolated \| fade \| fat \| fingers all thumbs \| flat \| forced \| formal \| fumbling \| gauche \| gawkish \| gawky \| graceless \| grandiloquent \| guinde \| halting \| ham-fisted \| ham-handed \| heavy \| heavy-handed \| heavyweight \| hefty \| ho-hum \| hollow \| huge \| hulking \| hulky \| impractical \| inane \| inconvenient \| inelegant \| inexcitable \| inflated \| inkhorn \| insipid \| jejune \| labored \| laborious \| large \| Latinate \| leaden \| left-hand \| left-handed \| lifeless \| long-winded \| loutish \| low-spirited \| lubberly \| lumbering \| lumpish \| lumpy \| maladroit \| massive \| massy \| oafish \| overdone \| overweight \| pale \| pallid \| pedestrian \| perverse \| plodding \| pointless \| poky \| pompous \| prolix \| sesquipedalian \| sloppy \| slow \| solemn \| spiritless \| sterile \| stiff \| stilted \| stodgy \| stuffy \| superficial \| tasteless \| tedious \| tiresome \| turgid \| uncouth \| ungainly \| ungraceful \| unhandy \| unlively \| unmanageable \| unwieldy \| vapid \| verbose \| weighty \| windy \| wooden \| wordy See Also \| Ponderous In Webster's Dictionary \Pon"der*ous\, a. [L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris, a weight: cf. F. pond['e]reux. See {Ponder}.] 1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. The sepulcher . . . Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. --Shak. 2. Important; momentous; forcible. ``Your more ponderous and settled project.'' --Shak. 3. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke. {Ponderous spar} (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See {Barite}.

Ponderous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ponderous?

[adj] having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons"
[adj] slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"
[adj] labored and dull; "a ponderous speech"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ponderous: heavy | heavy-footed | lumbering | uninteresting

See Also |

Ponderous In Webster's Dictionary

\Pon"der*ous\, a. [L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris,
a weight: cf. F. pond['e]reux. See {Ponder}.]
1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous
   load; the ponderous elephant.

         The sepulcher . . . Hath oped his ponderous and
         marble jaws.                          --Shak.

2. Important; momentous; forcible. ``Your more ponderous and
   settled project.'' --Shak.

3. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous
   style; a ponderous joke.

{Ponderous spar} (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See
   {Barite}.

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