āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
ponderous
/pËÉndÉÉšÉs/
ponderous
01
āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§, āĻŦā§āĻšā§
difficult to move or manage due to bulk
Disapproving
Formal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He made a ponderous turn in the oversized truck.
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āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻŽā§āĻĄāĻŧ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§, āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°
of great physical weight
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He struggled to carry the ponderous stone up the hill.
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03
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ°, āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§
possessing the quality of being very boring, slow, and serious, particularly used for speeches and writings
Disapproving
Formal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His ponderous writing style often led readers to lose interest quickly.
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āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
ponderously
ponderousness
ponderous
ponder
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