ponderous
ponderous is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Important; momentous; forcible. "Your more ponderous and settled project." Shak.
- 2.Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke. Ponderous spar (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See Barite.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abrupt
- affectation
- affected
- analytical
- arroba
- artificial
- avoirdupois
- awkward
- baby
- balance
- ballast
- barbarism
- barbarous
- beam
- break
- burden
- burdensome
- burthen
- cacophony
- carat
- centigram
- counterpoise
- crude
- cumber
- cumbersome
- cumbrous
- dislocate
- drachma
- dry
- euphuism
- euphuistic
- forced
- formal
- fustian
- graceless
- grain
- gram
- gravitate
- gravitation
- gravity
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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