ponderous

Adjective
Synonyms: heavylumbering

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. 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”Synonyms: heavylumbering
  2. having great mass and weight and unwieldiness“a ponderous stone”“a ponderous burden”“ponderous weapons”
  3. labored and dull“a ponderous speech”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ponderous \Pon"der*ous\, a. [L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris, a weight: cf. F. pond['e]reux. See Ponder.]

1.Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. [1913 Webster]

The sepulcher . . . Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Important; momentous; forcible. "Your more ponderous and settled project." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3.Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke. [1913 Webster]

Ponderous spar (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See Barite. [1913 Webster]

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