Thesaurus: ponderous

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1. a. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.
2. a. Important; momentous; forcible.
3. a. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke.
4. adj. slow and laborious because of weight
5. adj. having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
6. adj. labored and dull
7. 1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. The sepulcher . . . Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. Shak. 2. Important; momentous; forcible. "Your more ponderous and settled project." Shak. 3. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke. Ponderous spar (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See Barite.
8. j:100 s. having great mass and weight and unwieldiness s. labored and dull