noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being ponderous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ponderousness
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noun
Meaning 2
the property of being large in mass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: heaviness, weightiness
noun
Meaning 3
an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness
- his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heaviness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: uninterestingness
History
Etymology
From Middle English ponderusnes, equivalent to ponderous + -ness.