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Meaning of 'ponderous'
Meaning of 'ponderous' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Ponderous 
[ a.]
- Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous
load; the ponderous elephant. [ a.]- Important; momentous; forcible.
- Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke.
Meaning of 'ponderous' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. ponderous [ s]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- labored and dull
- labored and dull
Example in sentence:
- a ponderous speech
Meaning (2):
- having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
- having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
Example in sentence:
- a ponderous burden;
- a ponderous stone;
- ponderous weapons
Meaning (3):
- slow and laborious because of weight
- slow and laborious because of weight
Example in sentence:
- a ponderous yawn;
- moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot;
- ponderous prehistoric beasts;
- the heavy tread of tired troops
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