Antonyms for ponderous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pon-der-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒn dər əs

Definition of ponderous

Origin : c.1400, "thick;" early 15c., "heavy, weighty, clumsy," from Latin ponderosus "of great weight; full of meaning," from pondus (genitive ponderis) "weight" (see pound (n.1)). Meaning "tedious" is first recorded 1704. Related: Ponderously; ponderousness.

adj heavy, cumbersome
adj dreary, tedious

Example sentences :

The man who faced the redhead was as light as his companion was ponderous.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Andy could see now that it was a roadster, low-hung, ponderous, to keep the road.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

For he was ponderous, spiritually and mentally, as well as materially.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

They made way for the man and his ponderous keys, and entrance to the college was gained.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Princes of the blood royal had sat in the ponderous carved oak-chairs.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

The windows were small, framed, and set deep in the ponderous walls.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Not in her most ponderous and lightless masses will nature ever leave us 14.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin

“Wal,” the carpenter began, with a ponderous air of weighing his words.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

Yet at the mention of her name a scowl darkened his ponderous countenance.
Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini

Her stolidity of manner and her logic, ponderous and irresistible, had their effect.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

Synonyms for ponderous

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