Ponderous Definition

pŏndər-əs
adjective
Very heavy.
Webster's New World
Unwieldy because of weight.
Webster's New World
Slow and labored because of great bulk or weight.
American Heritage
Difficult to maneuver or control because of great bulk or weight.
Ponderous luggage.
American Heritage
That seems heavy; bulky; massive.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Ponderous

  • Middle English from Old French pondereux from Latin ponderōsus from pondus ponder- weight (s)pen- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Ultimately from Latin ponderōsus (“weighty").

    From Wiktionary

Ponderous Sentence Examples

  • The confidence had gone out of City's play, they looked ponderous.

  • Oh, you are very pale! said Princess Mary in alarm, running with her soft, ponderous steps up to her sister-in-law.

  • This may sound like a ponderous task, but it can be quite interesting.

  • His book immediately became the most popular that ever appeared among the Servians, and was again and again reprinted, under the less ponderous title Pesmaritsa, " The Book of Songs."

  • William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (2 vols., 1827), is a ponderous and shapeless work.

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Words Starting With

PPOPON

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SUSOUS

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