Ponderous
adjective
Heavy, slow, and awkward because of weight and size.
He fell with a ponderous thud.
Often appears as...
- ponderous movement
- ponderous thud
adjective
Boring and too slow or long.
The movie was ponderous and predictable.
Often appears as...
- ponderous speech
- ponderous lecture
adjective
Heavy, slow, and awkward because of weight and size.
He fell with a ponderous thud.
Often appears as...
- ponderous movement
- ponderous thud
adjective
Boring and too slow or long.
The movie was ponderous and predictable.
Often appears as...
- ponderous speech
- ponderous lecture
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Description
Use 'ponderous' to describe large objects that move heavily.
The ponderous elephant moved through the jungle.
Pro Tip 2/3Lack of Grace
'Ponderous' often implies a lack of grace or finesse due to size or weight.
His dance steps were ponderous and lacked elegance.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
It may have negative connotations, suggesting frustration with slowness or bulk.
We trudged behind the ponderous wagon, impatiently.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Description
Use 'ponderous' to describe large objects that move heavily.
The ponderous elephant moved through the jungle.
Pro Tip 2/3Lack of Grace
'Ponderous' often implies a lack of grace or finesse due to size or weight.
His dance steps were ponderous and lacked elegance.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
It may have negative connotations, suggesting frustration with slowness or bulk.
We trudged behind the ponderous wagon, impatiently.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Description
Use 'ponderous' to describe large objects that move heavily.
The ponderous elephant moved through the jungle.
Pro Tip 2/3Lack of Grace
'Ponderous' often implies a lack of grace or finesse due to size or weight.
His dance steps were ponderous and lacked elegance.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
It may have negative connotations, suggesting frustration with slowness or bulk.
We trudged behind the ponderous wagon, impatiently.
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Video examples
The World on the Ocean...
ready to dive, dive, dive. Sylvia last dived here nearly four decades ago, using a special diving suit called JIM. There is a new tool in the sea. It moves with the ponderous rhythms of a mechanical monster.
Video examples
The World on the Ocean...
ready to dive, dive, dive. Sylvia last dived here nearly four decades ago, using a special diving suit called JIM. There is a new tool in the sea. It moves with the ponderous rhythms of a mechanical monster.
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Quote examples
Jim Elliot
American Clergyman
I wanted to sail when I was in grammar school and well remember memorizing the names of the sails from the Merriam-Webster's ponderous dictionary in the library. Now I am actually at sea - as a passenger, of course, but at sea nevertheless - and bound for Ecuador.
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Walter Kirn
American Novelist
However old-fashioned and right-wing this may sound, the American genius for language lies in understatement, in saying things simply, pointedly and quickly, and in making new and clean and swift what otherwise might be ponderous, round and slow.
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Clive Granger
British Economist
The stock market is like a small row boat on a rough sea, bouncing around as it drifts, whereas the macro economy is like a large ocean liner, very ponderous and difficult to maneuver but without such a rough journey.
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Karen DeCrow
American Activist
Over the years, the most ponderous problem for women has been that men think that men and women are very different. Another of our massive problems is that women also think that men and women are very different.
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Felix Adler
German Educator
If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts.
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Shashi Tharoor
Indian Public Servant
Indian democracy has often been likened to the stately progress of the elephant - ponderous in its gait and reluctant to change course, but not easily swayed from its new path when it does.
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Johnny Marr
English Musician
A day-time song like 'Word Starts Attack,' I want to make your heart blow up and make you want to punch the air with your fist. It can't be ponderous.
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Jess Walter
American Author
My poems... the ones that start out as jokes become these big ponderous things and the ones that start out ponderous devolve into jokes.
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Jonathan Agnew
English Entertainer
Test cricket might seem to be slow and ponderous at times, yet it is capable of conjuring great drama from nowhere.
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John Lithgow
American Actor
I'm a very slow and ponderous reader, but I'm dogged.
Quote examples
Jim Elliot
American Clergyman
I wanted to sail when I was in grammar school and well remember memorizing the names of the sails from the Merriam-Webster's ponderous dictionary in the library. Now I am actually at sea - as a passenger, of course, but at sea nevertheless - and bound for Ecuador.
Quote examples
Walter Kirn
American Novelist
However old-fashioned and right-wing this may sound, the American genius for language lies in understatement, in saying things simply, pointedly and quickly, and in making new and clean and swift what otherwise might be ponderous, round and slow.
Quote examples
Clive Granger
British Economist
The stock market is like a small row boat on a rough sea, bouncing around as it drifts, whereas the macro economy is like a large ocean liner, very ponderous and difficult to maneuver but without such a rough journey.
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Karen DeCrow
American Activist
Over the years, the most ponderous problem for women has been that men think that men and women are very different. Another of our massive problems is that women also think that men and women are very different.
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Felix Adler
German Educator
If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts.
Quote examples
Shashi Tharoor
Indian Public Servant
Indian democracy has often been likened to the stately progress of the elephant - ponderous in its gait and reluctant to change course, but not easily swayed from its new path when it does.
Quote examples
Johnny Marr
English Musician
A day-time song like 'Word Starts Attack,' I want to make your heart blow up and make you want to punch the air with your fist. It can't be ponderous.
Quote examples
Jess Walter
American Author
My poems... the ones that start out as jokes become these big ponderous things and the ones that start out ponderous devolve into jokes.
Quote examples
Jonathan Agnew
English Entertainer
Test cricket might seem to be slow and ponderous at times, yet it is capable of conjuring great drama from nowhere.
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John Lithgow
American Actor
I'm a very slow and ponderous reader, but I'm dogged.
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