English noun: ponderousness | |||
1. | ponderousness (attribute) an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency | ||
Samples | A book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness. His lectures tend to heaviness and repetition. | ||
Synonyms | heaviness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | uninterestingness | ||
2. | ponderousness (attribute) the property of being large in mass | ||
Synonyms | heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | heaviness, weightiness | ||