ponderous
ponderous
Definition
pon·der·ous (pän′dər əs)
adjective
- very heavy
- unwieldy because of weight
- that seems heavy; bulky; massive
- labored and dull a ponderous joke
Etymology: ME < L ponderosus < pondus, a weight: see pound
Related Forms:
- ponderously pon′·der·ously adverb
- ponderousness pon′·der·ous·ness noun or ponderosity pon′·der·os′·ity (-äs′ə tē)
ponderous
Synonyms
ponderous
modif.
ponderous
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- style: An interesting narrative technique, using a variety of texts; journals, letters etc. Quite a ponderous style.
- pace: The ponderous pace of legal action imposes huge extra strain on couples and adds invisible costs in diverted energy and lost working time.
- mass: The revised Newtonian demands an i-ther of non-uniform density which reduces with distance from a ponderous mass, like the Sun.
- thought: Musing maketh the fire burn, ponderous thoughts are the bellows that blow it up.
- way: In his ponderous way Munslow makes a great meal of this.
- bureaucracy: Only now we do not have the time needed for Europeâs ponderous bureaucracy to mince around the issue.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: In Messiah we heard a sonorous interpretation of the Overture from Nigel Allcoat who also gave us a rather ponderous version of Pastoral.
- too: But this didn't sound like a wasp - it was far too ponderous and low a buzz.
- little: Perhaps a little ponderous at times ( thus accounting for its length of just over 3 hours ).
- very: After this is became very ponderous, and never again rowed so well.
- extremely: At over two and half hours long it's extremely ponderous and the hand-held camera work is more distracting than artful.
- somewhat: Showing the East London Town ( now City ) Hall, a verandahed stone building with a somewhat ponderous clocktower set at one corner.
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near ponderous
- ponderosity
- ponderosa (pine)
- ponderosa
- ponderer
- ponderable
- ponderability
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- pond scum
- pond lily
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- ponderousness
- Pondichéry
- Pondicherry
- pondweed
- pone
- pong
- pongee
- pongid
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