meaning of ponderous
1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.
2. Important; momentous; forcible.
3. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke.
4. having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous
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