ponderousness
1Ponderousness — Pon der*ous*ness, n. The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity. [1913 Webster] …
2ponderousness — index weight (burden) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3ponderousness — noun 1. an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition • Syn: ↑heaviness • Derivationally related forms:… …
4ponderousness — noun see ponderous …
5ponderousness — See ponderously. * * * …
6ponderousness — noun The quality of being ponderous …
7ponderousness — Synonyms and related words: Gothicism, aridity, avoirdupois, awkwardness, bad taste, barbarism, barbarousness, barrenness, beef, beefiness, bloodlessness, bombasticness, boorishness, bulkiness, bumblingness, cacology, cacophony, characterlessness …
8ponderousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The state or quality of being physically heavy: heaviness, heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity, weight, weightiness. Informal: avoirdupois. See HEAVY …
9ponderousness — pon·der·ous·ness …
10heaviness — noun 1. the property of being comparatively great in weight (Freq. 2) the heaviness of lead • Syn: ↑weightiness • Ant: ↑lightness • Derivationally related forms: ↑weighty ( …
