ponderous
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- slow and laborious because of weight
- "ponderous prehistoric beasts"
- "a ponderous yawn"
- having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
- "a ponderous stone"
- "a ponderous burden"
- "ponderous weapons"
- labored and dull
- "a ponderous speech"
Adj
- Heavy, massive, weighty.
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
Ultimately from Latin ponderōsus (“weighty”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
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Words With Friends Score: 15
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