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Meaning of 'ponderous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ponderous [ a.]
- Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.
- 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]
Meaning (1):
- having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
Example in sentence:
  • a ponderous burden;
  • a ponderous stone;
  • ponderous weapons
Meaning (2):
- labored and dull
Example in sentence:
  • a ponderous speech
Meaning (3):
- 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

Nearby Words:

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