Ponderous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having great weight.
  • adj. Unwieldy from weight or bulk.
  • adj. Lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull: a ponderous speech. See Synonyms at heavy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Heavy, massive, weighty.
  • adj. Serious, onerous, oppressive.
  • adj. Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.
  • adj. Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.
  • adj. Characterized by or associated with pondering.
  • adj. Dense.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Very heavy; weighty
  • adj. Important; momentous; forcible.
  • adj. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having weight; weighty; heavy; especially, very heavy; hence, clumsy or unwieldy by reason of weight: used both literally and figuratively.
  • Weighty; important; momentous.
  • Disposed to ponder; thinking; thoughtful.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  • adj. labored and dull
  • adj. slow and laborious because of weight
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    weighty    important    momentous    forcible    heavy   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    massive    stately    clumsy    mighty    bulky