Definition of ponderous Ponderous
/pɑˈndɚʌs/ - [panderus] - pon•der•ous
We found 12 definitions of ponderous from 3 different sources.
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What does ponderous mean?
WordNet
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| ponderous - having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons" | ||
| heavy darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" | ||
| ponderous - labored and dull; "a ponderous speech" | ||
| uninteresting characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative; "institutional food" | ||
| ponderous - 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" | ||
| heavy, lumbering | ||
| heavy-footed (of movement) lacking ease or lightness; "his tired heavy-footed walk" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- ponderous (Adjective)
Heavy, massive, weighty. - ponderous (Adjective)
Serious, onerous, oppressive. - ponderous (Adjective)
Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight. - ponderous (Adjective)
Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression. - ponderous (Adjective)
Characterized by or associated with pondering. - ponderous (Adjective)
Dense.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ponderous (a.)
Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. - ponderous (a.)
Important; momentous; forcible. - ponderous (a.)
Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke.
