ponderous

Meaning

1. Heavy, massive, weighty.
2. (broadly, figuratively) Serious, onerous, oppressive.
3. Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.
4. Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.
5. (rare) Characterized by or associated with pondering.
6. (obsolete) Dense.

Synonyms

heavy

clumsy

weighty

cumbersome

unwieldy

lumbering

massive

cumbrous

lumpish

awkward

heavily-laden

bulky

dull

onerous

unmanageable

unportable

leaden

heavy-footed

boring

logy

long-winded

loosely

maladroit

painful

plodding

pregnant

relaxedly

saturnine

serious

slack

stodgy

tardily

tiring

toiling

tough

ungainly

ungraceful

uninteresting

unready

unshapely

unskilled

untactful

waterlogged

wearing

wearisome

wearying

weighted

herculean

heavy and firm

heavily-loaded

Translations

lourd

pesant

torpe

pesado

schwerfällig

masif

ponderoso

cansız

maladroit

enfadonho

ثقيل

grave

ponderado

ασήκωτος

δυσκίνητος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɒn.dəɹ.əs/

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin ponderōsus (“weighty”).