What does ponderousness mean?
Definitions for ponderousness
pon·der·ous·ness
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Princeton's WordNet
ponderousness, heavinessnoun
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"
heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, ponderositynoun
the property of being large in mass
Wiktionary
ponderousnessnoun
The quality of being ponderous.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Ponderousnessnoun
Heaviness; weight; gravity.
Etymology: from ponderous.
The oil and spirit place themselves under or above one another, according as their ponderousness makes them swim or sink. Boyle.
ChatGPT
ponderousness
Ponderousness refers to the quality or state of being heavy, bulky, slow or dull. It can also refer to something that is laborious, awkward, weighty, or unwieldy. Sometimes it is also used to denote seriousness or solemnity.
Webster Dictionary
Ponderousnessnoun
the quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ponderousness in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ponderousness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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