Associations to the word «Ponderous»

PONDEROUS, adjective. Heavy, massive, weighty.

PONDEROUS, adjective. (figuratively) (by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive.

PONDEROUS, adjective. Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.

PONDEROUS, adjective. Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.

PONDEROUS, adjective. (rare) Characterized by or associated with pondering.

PONDEROUS, adjective. (obsolete) Dense.

PONDEROUS, adjective. 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".

PONDEROUS, adjective. Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons".

PONDEROUS, adjective. Labored and dull; "a ponderous speech".