ponderous, adj.
freq. cnt. 3
freq. cnt. 3
slow and laborious because of weight
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
heavy lumbering ponderous
sample sentences
"the heavy tread of tired troops""moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"
"ponderous prehistoric beasts"
"a ponderous yawn"
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having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
ponderous
sample sentences
"a ponderous stone""a ponderous burden"
"ponderous weapons"
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derivationally related form
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similar to
labored and dull
<adj.all>
ponderous
sample sentences
"a ponderous speech"
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derivationally related form
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