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Over the years, the most ponderous problem for women has been that men think that men and women are very different. Another of our massive problems is that women also think that men and women are very different.
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Meaning of "ponderous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PONDEROUS

From Latin ponderōsus of great weight, from pondus weight.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PONDEROUS

ponderous  [ˈpɒndərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PONDEROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ponderous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PONDEROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ponderous

Weight

In science and engineering, the weight of an object is usually taken to be the force on the object due to gravity. Its magnitude, often denoted by an italic letter W, is the product of the mass m of the object and the magnitude of the local gravitational acceleration g; thus: W = mg. The unit of measurement for weight is that of force, which in the International System of Units is the newton. For example, an object with a mass of one kilogram has a weight of about 9.8 newtons on the surface of the Earth, and about one-sixth as much on the Moon. In this sense of weight, a body can be weightless only if it is far away from any gravitating mass. The term weight and mass are often confused with each other in everyday discourse but they are distinct quantities. There is also a rival tradition within Newtonian physics and engineering which sees weight as that which is measured when one uses scales. There the weight is a measure of the magnitude of the reaction force exerted on a body.

Definition of ponderous in the English dictionary

The first definition of ponderous in the dictionary is of great weight; heavy; huge. Other definition of ponderous is lacking ease or lightness; awkward, lumbering, or graceless. Ponderous is also dull or laborious.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PONDEROUS


chunderous
ˈtʃʌndərəs
cinderous
ˈsɪndərəs
dangerous
ˈdeɪndʒərəs
founderous
ˈfaʊndərəs
glanderous
ˈɡlændərəs
Honduras
hɒnˈdjʊərəs
humorous
ˈhjuːmərəs
inodorous
ɪnˈəʊdərəs
malodorous
mælˈəʊdərəs
murderess
ˈmɜːdərəs
murderous
ˈmɜːdərəs
nidorous
ˈnaɪdərəs
numerous
ˈnjuːmərəs
odorous
ˈəʊdərəs
Pandarus
ˈpændərəs
panderous
ˈpændərəs
plunderous
ˈplʌndərəs
slanderous
ˈslɑːndərəs
sudorous
ˈsjuːdərəs
thunderous
ˈθʌndərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PONDEROUS

ponder
ponderability
ponderable
ponderably
ponderal
ponderance
ponderancy
ponderate
ponderation
ponderer
ponderingly
ponderment
ponderosa
ponderosity
ponderously
ponderousness
Pondicherry
Pondo
pondok
pondokkie

WORDS THAT END LIKE PONDEROUS

adulterous
boisterous
cadaverous
cancerous
coniferous
cruciferous
glamourous
lecherous
metalliferous
noncancerous
obstreperous
odoriferous
onerous
preposterous
prosperous
seminiferous
serous
sorcerous
splendiferous
treacherous
tuberous

Synonyms and antonyms of ponderous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PONDEROUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ponderous» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ponderous

Translation of «ponderous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PONDEROUS

Find out the translation of ponderous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ponderous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ponderous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 冗长沉闷的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pesado
570 millions of speakers

English

ponderous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कष्टकारक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثقيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тяжеловесный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pesado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্লেশকর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lourd
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tajam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schwerfällig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

冗長な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장황한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ponderous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nặng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கனமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

त्रासदायक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hantal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pesante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ociężały
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

великоваговий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

greoi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυσκίνητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ponderous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klossete
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ponderous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PONDEROUS»

The term «ponderous» is regularly used and occupies the 97.659 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PONDEROUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ponderous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ponderous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ponderous

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6 QUOTES WITH «PONDEROUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ponderous.
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Felix Adler
If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts.
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Karen DeCrow
Over the years, the most ponderous problem for women has been that men think that men and women are very different. Another of our massive problems is that women also think that men and women are very different.
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James Weldon Johnson
When we arrived in London, my sadness at leaving Paris was turned into despair. After my long stay in the French capital, huge, ponderous, massive London seemed to me as ugly a thing as man could contrive to make.
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Walter Kirn
However old-fashioned and right-wing this may sound, the American genius for language lies in understatement, in saying things simply, pointedly and quickly, and in making new and clean and swift what otherwise might be ponderous, round and slow.
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Johnny Marr
A day-time song like 'Word Starts Attack,' I want to make your heart blow up and make you want to punch the air with your fist. It can't be ponderous.
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Shashi Tharoor
Indian democracy has often been likened to the stately progress of the elephant - ponderous in its gait and reluctant to change course, but not easily swayed from its new path when it does.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PONDEROUS»

Discover the use of ponderous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ponderous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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"And the Years Grow Into Ponderous Volumes": Community and ...
This study examines the interpolation of and interaction between western and African discourses that influenced the narratives of Olaudah Equiano, Harriet A. Jacobs, and Elizabeth Keckley, as well as the dialectic formed between these ...
Jennifer E. P. Plens, Dalhousie University. Department of English, 2007
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Elements of natural history, and of chemistry: being the ...
43 Species I. Barytic Sulphate, or Ponderous Spar. Ponderous spar, which being insipid and insoluble, has been hitherto considered by naturalists as a stone, is produced by the combination of the sulphuric acid with barytes, and should ...
Antoine-François de Fourcroy (comte), 1790
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
The following earths are soluble in borax, with more or less effervescence: Fluor mineralisf ; marl; micas; the mineral of alum fromTolfaj aluminous (late and roof slate from Helsingiaf; ponderous spar ; schorl; talc+ ; tourmalin. And the following  ...
‎1816
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King Lear
Cor. [Aside] Then poor Cordelia ! J$ And yet not so, since I am sure my love's More ponderous than my tongue. 74, 75. And...love] One line, Qq. 76. lovis] Q2Ff. loues Qt. 74, alone] all one Q3. 77. ponderous] Ff + , Jen, Ec. Knt, 75. [Aside] Pope.
William Shakespeare, 2001
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Chemical observations and experiments on air and fire
If an acid be added to the abovementioned calcined earthy substances, they are dissolved and violently heated, since, ponderous earth, and forms again a heavy or ponderous spar, not soluble in water. This earth forms with the nitrous and ...
Carl Wilhem Scheele, J. Johnson ((Londres)), Johann Reinhold Forster, 1780
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Elements of Chemistry, and Natural History: To which is ...
Ponderous Earth *. Species. I. Pure ponderous earth. This is no where to be found in nature ; it is obtained, as we shall afterwards fee, by decomposing ponderous spar. II. Aerated ponderous earth ; a combination of terra ponderosa with the ...
comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy, Robert Heron, 1796
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Encyclopædia britannica: or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, ...
V. Vitriolated ponderous earth. Terra pondcrosa vi- triolata ; larytes vitrio/ata. This earthy salt, known by the name of ponderous spar, is a combination of the ponderous earth de- ' scribed in p. 75. col. 1. with the vitriolic acid; and has been  ...
Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig, 1797
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First lines of the theory and practice of philosophical ...
E A R T H S. PONDEROUS EARTH is a recent discovery. Hitherto it hath been always found combined with vitriolic acid, and constituting a peculiar kind of spar, called spetbam ponderosum, from its great weight. It may be separated from the ...
John Berkenhout, 1788
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A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Ponderous Postcards
This full–colour book offers 32 standard postcards featuring images from the film!
Lemony Snicket, 2004
10
Elements of Chemistry
Ponderous Spar and Serpentine. Mr. Kirwan describes a species of serpentine with spots of barytes. SPECIES III, Ponderous Spar and Fluor Spar. The ponderous spar of Auvergne is mixed with fluor spar : I have many specimens of this.
Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal (comte de Chanteloup), William Nicholson, 1800

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PONDEROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ponderous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Godzilla; Rory McIlroy PGA Tour; Deception IV
Movement is ponderous, not in a way that conveys power and awe, but rather instills boredom and frustration. Occasionally another monster ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Burning Pyre
Yet Owen does not let his work slip simply into the realms of the ponderous and the nihilistic. Instead, he frequently employs a touch of major ... «The Quietus, Jul 15»
3
The Verbier Festival Revels in Mixing It Up
Mr. Sokolov offered a more ponderous, structural reading, with elaborate ornamentation occurring mainly at transitional moments and tending ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
We should hang out, although not in that way
It was not always thus: A typical Thursday in May would have no-fuss seating, instantaneous service and meals eaten in a ponderous silence. «SFGate, Jul 15»
5
Are we on the threshold of a United States of Europe?
... Kingdom: The rise and downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947 , Prussia 'had to learn to inhabit the large and ponderous body of the new Germany. «The Interpreter, Jul 15»
6
Travel: Thrills, spills and Harry Potter... at Orlando
His enthusiasm and passion for these ponderous and inelegant creatures was infectious. Manatees may not be blessed with an abundance of ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
7
Kelly and Cribbin lead Lilies to date with Kingdom
... wides too, especially in the second half when they needed scores badly, but as a whole, their display was lacklustre, sloppy and ponderous. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
8
Riding the Rollercoaster
Foreign affairs can be an esoteric and ponderous discipline. Fortunately, the authors have recognized that there's more to international ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
9
“Ant-Man”
“Ant-Man” avoids the pitfalls of becoming heavy and ponderous and taking itself too seriously, as do most of the Marvel comics super ... «wwlp.com, Jul 15»
10
A Century Ago Next Month: August 1915
An innovation that caused considerable stir among the sightseers was the parade of ponderous elephants that brought up the rear of the ... «The Times, Jul 15»

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