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Ponderous

  1. adjective

    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness

    “a ponderous stone”

  2. adjective

    slow and laborious because of weight

    “the heavy tread of tired troops”

    Similar: heavy, lumbering

  3. adjective

    labored and dull

    “a ponderous speech”

Word family

ponderousness · ponderously

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Word parts

-ous