Cerca
ponderous
01
pesante, lento
displaying a sense of slowness or lack of agility due to real or perceived weight or massiveness
Example
She struggled to carry the ponderous stack of textbooks across the campus.
The old, ponderous dictionary was difficult to lift from the shelf.
His speech was slow and ponderous, making it hard for the audience to stay engaged.
02
ponderoso, ingombrante
having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
03
ponderoso
possessing the quality of being very boring, slow, and serious, particularly used for speeches and writings
Example
The meeting dragged on with ponderous speeches that felt interminable.
His ponderous writing style often led readers to lose interest quickly.
His ponderous delivery of the speech seemed to put the audience to sleep.
word family
ponder
ponder
Noun
ponderous
Adjective
ponderously
Adverb
ponderously
Adverb
ponderousness
Noun
ponderousness
Noun
Esempio
She struggled to carry the ponderous stack of textbooks across the campus.
The old, ponderous dictionary was difficult to lift from the shelf.
His speech was slow and ponderous, making it hard for the audience to stay engaged.
Attempting to support its massive bulk, the whale maintained steady movement despite its ponderous physique.
The ponderous sumo wrestler slowly crossed the ring, each step seeming to shake the ground.
Parole Vicine
