PONDEROUSNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The property of being large in mass

Synonyms:

heft; heftiness; massiveness; ponderosity; ponderousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("ponderousness" is a kind of...):

heaviness; weightiness (the property of being comparatively great in weight)

Derivation:

ponderous (having great mass and weight and unwieldiness)

ponderous (slow and laborious because of weight)

Meaning:

An oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency

Example:

his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition

Synonyms:

heaviness; ponderousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("ponderousness" is a kind of...):

uninterestingness (inability to capture or hold one's interest)

Derivation:

ponderous (labored and dull)