ponderous

adj.

1. Having great weight.
2. Unwieldy from weight or bulk.
3. Lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull: a ponderous speech. See synonyms at heavy.

[Middle English, from Old French pondereux, from Latin ponderōsus, from pondus, ponder-, weight.]

ponderously pon'der·ous·ly adv.
ponderousness pon'der·ous·ness or pon'der·os'i·ty (-ŏs'ĭ-tē) n.

adjective

1. Having a relatively great weight: heavy, heavyweight, hefty, massive, weighty. See heavy/light.
2. Unwieldy or clumsy, especially due to excess weight: cumbersome, cumbrous, heavy, lumpish, lumpy. See easy/hard, heavy/light.
3. Lacking fluency or gracefulness: elephantine, heavy-handed, labored. See good/bad.

adj

Definition: dreary, tedious
Antonyms: fun, light, lively

adj

Definition: heavy, cumbersome
Antonyms: airy, buoyant, delicate, elegant, graceful, light, unburdensome

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IN BRIEF: Large and heavy. Also: Unwieldy; clumsy and difficult to handle. Also: Dull and tiresome.

Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking. — Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tung, uhåndterlig, massiv, anstrengt, klodset

Nederlands (Dutch)
zwaar, zwaarwegend, zwaarwichtig

Français (French)
adj. - maladroit, lourd, pesant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schwerfällig, schwer

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - βαρύς, βραδύς, ανιαρός, βαρύγδουπος

Italiano (Italian)
pesante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ponderoso, difícil, trabalhoso

Русский (Russian)
тяжелый, тяжеловесный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pesado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tung, otymplig, trög

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
沉重的, 冗长的, 笨重的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 沈重的, 冗長的, 笨重的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 대단히 무거운, 묵직한, 다루기 힘드는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 非常に重い, 重々しい, どっしりした, 重苦しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ثقيل جدا, ممل, مضجر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮כבד, מגושם, משעמם, מייגע‬

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