ponderous meaning and definition

PONDEROUS adjective

Definition of ponderous (adjective)

1. slow and laborious because of weight
   • "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"
   • synonyms: heavy, lumbering
2. having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
   • "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons"
3. labored and dull
   • "a ponderous speech"