| ADJECTIVE | all | ponderous, heavy, lumbering | slow and laborious because of weight |
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| all | ponderous | having great mass and weight and unwieldiness | |
| all | ponderous | labored and dull / dull |
| Sounds | paa'nderahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | Slow and laborious because of weight. | |
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| Synonyms | heavy, lumbering | |
| Broader | heavy-footed | (of movement) lacking ease or lightness |
| Spanish | grave, pesado, torpe | |
| Nouns | ponderousness | the property of being large in mass |
| Adverbs | ponderously | in a heavy ponderous manner |
| Meaning | Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness. | |
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| Broader | heavy | Of comparatively great physical weight or density / density |
| Nouns | ponderousness, ponderosity | the property of being large in mass |
| Meaning | labored and dull / dull. | |
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| Example | "a ponderous speech" | |
| Broader | uninteresting | Arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement |
| Spanish | pesado, ponderado | |
| Nouns | ponderousness | an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency |
| Adverbs | ponderously | in an uninterestingly ponderous manner |
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