ponderous
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ponderous
- /ˈpɒn.dəɹ.əs/ UK
- /ˈpɑn.dɚ.əs/ US
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Latin ponderōsus (“weighty”).
adjective more ponderous · most ponderous
- Heavy, massive, weighty. [H]e saw, at the end of a shallow embrasure, a ponderous door of dark wood, braced with iron.
- Serious, onerous, oppressive. It was Dryden's opinion . . . that the drama required an alternation of comick and tragick scenes; and that it is necessary to mitigate, by alleviations of merriment, the pressure of ponderous events, and the fatigue of toilsome passions.
- Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight. [T]he inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road.
- Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression. Over supper the minister did unbend a little into one or two ponderous jokes.
- Characterized by or associated with pondering. Ponderous thoughts take hold of the heart; musing maketh the fire to burn, and steady sight hath the greatest influence upon us.
- Dense.
