Ponderous

Word PONDEROUS
Character 9
Hyphenation pon der ous
Pronunciations /ˈpɒn.dəɹ.əs/

Definitions and meanings of "Ponderous"

What do we mean by ponderous?

Having great weight. adjective

Slow and labored because of great bulk or weight. adjective

Difficult to maneuver or control because of great bulk or weight. adjective

Slow or difficult to manage, especially because of complexity. adjective

Dull and lacking grace or fluency: synonym: heavy. adjective

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.

Very heavy; weighty adjective

Important; momentous; forcible. adjective

Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit adjective

Heavy spar, or barytes. See Barite. adjective

Heavy, massive, weighty. adjective

Serious, onerous, oppressive. adjective

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

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

Characterized by or associated with pondering. adjective

Dense. adjective

Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness adjective

Heavy, massive, weighty.

(by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive.

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

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

Characterized by or associated with pondering.

Dense.

Heavy or deep, in an intellectual way. Urban Dictionary

Boring as balls. Urban Dictionary

The act of monetizing ones position in a church office. Urban Dictionary

To think and care Urban Dictionary

When someone is impressed by this person or to think before the decision is made by with care. Urban Dictionary

To memorize a concept while deliberately choosing not to contemplate its meaning. Urban Dictionary

To reflect or consider with thoroughness and care Urban Dictionary

To think about that person or keep constantly bringing up their names. Urban Dictionary

To think and keep mention their names over and over again with concerns. Urban Dictionary

To recognize or to repeat it over and over again. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Ponderous

  • Antonyms for ponderous
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The word "ponderous" in example sentences

Their thirty and forty - thousand-ton battleships slowed down half a dozen miles offshore and maneuvered in ponderous evolutions, while tiny scout-boats (lean, six-funneled destroyers) ran in, cutting blackly the flashing sea like so many sharks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Their thirty - and forty-thousand-ton battleships slowed down half a dozen miles off-shore and manœuvred in ponderous evolutions; while tiny scout-boats (lean, six-funnelled destroyers) ran in, cutting blackly the flashing sea like so many sharks. ❋ Unknown (1910)

– The days of chivalry are no more: the knight no longer sallies forth in ponderous armour, mounted upon a steed as invulnerable as himself. ❋ Unknown (1798)

"I surely hope the slave is within it," called the ponderous fellow to the audience, "as I do wish to recover her!" ❋ Norman, John, 1931- (1988)

He apparently took keen pleasure in holding up to ridicule and in satirising, what he was pleased to call his ponderous pedantries, his solemn affectation of profundity and wisdom, his narrow-mindedness, and his intolerable and transparent egotism. ❋ DeAlva Stanwood Alexander (N/A)

His speech was slow and his manner might almost be called ponderous, but the advisers who whispered over his shoulder, during the course of the debate, attested the rapidity with which his mind operates and his skill in catching the points suggested. ❋ Charles Seymour (1924)

Vargas by name, having broken his sword in battle, tore from an oak a ponderous bough or branch, and with it did such things that day, and pounded so many Moors, that he got the surname of Machuca, and he and his descendants from that day forth were called Vargas y Machuca. ❋ Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra (1581)

They're all very slow and ponderous, which is odd as everyone says its an upbeat happy album. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It felt as though there were just too many sequences of Scrooge flying around, punctuated by kind of ponderous, talky scenes to give plot points. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There was something kind of ponderous about the plot; things happened but I never felt that the characters were really yearning to make them happen. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Not only was it below 30 fps alot of the time, but it had that 'ponderous' feeling where the mouse pointer is laggy and the screen movement feels drunk; the opposite of Starcraft, in other words. ❋ Kevynwight (2002)

It's fuckin 'ponderous. "and" The Dead Dog Tape. " ❋ Unknown (2005)

For all that, he was much grieved at the loss of his lance, and saying so to his squire, he added, "I remember having read how a Spanish knight, Diego Perez de Vargas by name, having broken his sword in battle, tore from an oak a ponderous bough or branch, and with it did such things that day, and pounded so many ❋ Unknown (2002)

Africangenesis has done nothing to make me regret voting for him except add 'ponderous' to my list of adjectives for him. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whatever the cause it's safe to say that it had nothing to do with the screen product, because 2008 was also a landmark year for the kind of ponderous, preachy, high-quality cinema that Americans from Santa Monica to Silverlake are clamoring for. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That [philosophy] [lecture] was ponderous. ❋ L'Marrh (2011)

- Man, [Kant] sure is ponderous! - Is what? - He's [boring] as [ball] is what I mean. ❋ Kilrmn (2014)

This [revelation] from God is going to [make me] [rich] if I can find a way to ponderize it. ❋ Bk_urb (2015)

Ponder - To [wonder] and to [care] ❋ Shalondafielder26 (2021)

He Ponder when he [heard] of her [name]. ❋ Shalondafielder26 (2021)

Kate was determined to ponderize her [cult's] leaders [manifesto], [fearing] further study would destroy her faith. ❋ Friesounz (2015)

[Something] to [ponder] on ❋ Shalondafielder26 (2021)

Ponder - [To be in love] with them or had [a crush] on them. ❋ Shalondafielder26 (2021)

[My friend] Ponder when he [met] her. ❋ Shalondafielder26 (2021)

A [male] [chef] Ponder about [the female] professior. ❋ Shalondafielder26 (2021)

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