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ponderous

ponderous is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

  1. 1adjective

    Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.

  2. 2adjective

    Important; momentous; forcible.

  3. 3adjective

    Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke.

  4. 4adjective

    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness

    "a ponderous stone"

    "a ponderous burden"

  5. 5adjective

    slow and laborious because of weight

    "the heavy tread of tired troops"

    "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"

    Synonyms

    heavylumbering
  6. 6adjective

    labored and dull

    "a ponderous speech"

Synonyms

heavylumbering

Common word forms

ponderouslyponderousness

Words from these letters

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