ponderous

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective slow and laborious because of weight
  2. adjective having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  3. adjective labored and dull

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin ponderōsus (“weighty”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

heavy, lumbering

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