PONDEROUS

ponderous

(adjective) having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; “a ponderous stone”; “a ponderous burden”; “ponderous weapons”

heavy, lumbering, ponderous

(adjective) 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”

ponderous

(adjective) labored and dull; “a ponderous speech”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

ponderous (comparative more ponderous, superlative most ponderous)

Heavy, massive, weighty.

(figuratively, by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive.

Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.

Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.

(rare) Characterized by or associated with pondering.

(obsolete) Dense.

Synonyms

• (heavy, massive): heavy, massive

• (serious, onerous): oppressive, serious

Anagrams

• neuropods

Source: Wiktionary

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Pon"der*ous, a. Etym: [L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris, a weight: cf. F. pondéreux. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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