lourd

Meaning

1. heavy
2. clumsy, oafish
3. (informal) annoying, a drag
4. sultry, humid
5. heavyweight

Concepts

heavy

ponderous

burdensome

onerous

dull

serious

weighty

stodgy

clumsy

massive

leaden

hard

dense

lumbering

cumbersome

labored

muggy

severe

oppressive

humid

difficult

grievous

hefty

unwieldy

become heavy

very heavy

heavily

closely-pressed together

compact

elephantine

important

oppressed

awkward

cumbrous

gloomy

sultry

excessive

extreme

intense

tremendous

terrible

blockhead

dunce

gullible

importunate

verbose

obtuse

slow

stupid

thickheaded

close

outsize

being heavy

expensive

hot

long-winded

costly

grave

lowering

sullen

threatening

clayey

cloggy

profound

sound

wakeless

arduous

backbreaking

grueling

gruelling

laborious

operose

punishing

toilsome

laboured

fleshy

overweight

weighed down

taxing

sonorous

accented

stressed

big

impenetrable

thick

thunderous

Calloused

boofy

hardened

impressive

muscular

thewy

heaviness

Pronounced as (IPA)

/luʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French lourd, from Old French lorz, lourt, from Late Latin lurdus, lordus, probably from Latin lūridus (“sallow”), possibly influenced by Frankish *lort (“crooked, clumsy”); related to Old English lort (“crooked”).