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ponderous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | ponderosity, ponderousness |
a ponderous stone.
a ponderous burden.
ponderous weapons.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | ponderousness |
a ponderous speech.
Examples of ponderous
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In fact, it's all a bit ponderous and laboured, passes slow and lacking in snap.
From the guardian.co.uk
In possession, they were ponderous and without the ball, they looked vulnerable.
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Ponderous linebackers ceased being as attractive as those who could run and hit.
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Lavish and spectacular yet ponderous and solemn, it's more like a biblical epic.
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But though handsomely shot and designed, this ponderous film is a disappointment.
From the guardian.co.uk
Mr. Hutton has a ponderous look and seems to be only half interested in the races.
From the theatlantic.com
Upstairs is Leighton's massive studio, now hung with ponderous Victorian high art.
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The World Trade Centre feels ponderous, corporate and old-fashioned by comparison.
From the guardian.co.uk
Then there's the ponderous, knobless door they invariably put on public rest rooms.
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- Heavy: slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"
- Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons"
- Labored and dull; "a ponderous speech"
- (ponderously) in an uninterestingly ponderous manner; "the play was staged with ponderously realistic sets"
- (ponderousness) an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency; "a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness"; "his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition"
- (ponderosity) heft: the property of being large in mass
- Heavy, massive, weighty; Serious, onerous, oppressive; Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight; Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression; Characterized by or associated with pondering; Dense
- Ponderous is often used as a synonym for massive, but in my usage a massive wine is simply a big, rich, very concentrated wine with balance, whereas a ponderous wine is a wine that has become heavy and tiring to drink.
- Even less balanced than a "hearty" or "sturdy" wine. The sole impact is one of high alcohol and "body" character. Little or no acid/tannin content. An everyday red wine, similar to a french "vin ordinaire" country wine sold by alcohol content, can be an example.
