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PONDEROUS

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• PONDEROUS (adjective)
The adjective PONDEROUS has 3 senses:

1. slow and laborious because of weight
2. having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
3. labored and dull

Familiarity information: PONDEROUS used as an adjective is uncommon.

• PONDEROUS (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Slow and laborious because of weight

Synonyms:

lumbering; ponderous; heavy

Context examples:

the heavy tread of tired troops / moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot / ponderous prehistoric beasts / a ponderous yawn

Similar:

heavy-footed ((of movement) lacking ease or lightness)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness

Context examples:

a ponderous stone / a ponderous burden / ponderous weapons

Similar:

heavy (of comparatively great physical weight or density)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Labored and dull

Context example:

a ponderous speech

Similar:

uninteresting (arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement)

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