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Slow and clumsy because of great weight

Difficult or awkward to use or wield due to its shape, weight or design

Heavy, or having great weight

Very large in size

Boring or severely lacking in interest

Overly verbose or elaborate in phrasing

Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort

Lacking in speed

(of an object or situation) Significant in degree of importance or urgency

(of language) Overly complex and difficult to understand

Tending toward excessive moralization

Not convincing, plausible or believable

Having a surfeit of body fat

Serious or solemn in manner or appearance

Of great physical length or extent

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Adjective

Slow and clumsy because of great weight

like a bull in a china shop

all fingers and thumbs

with two left feet

having two left feet

having two left hands

out of your depth

unsophisticated

socially awkward

rough-and-tumble

rough and ready

rough-and-ready

socially anxious

socially incompetent

socially lacking

socially unsure

lacking in social grace

lacking in social graces

straightforward

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“In addition to hauling their own weight, the ponderous vehicles must plow about 17 tons of air out of their way every mile!”

Adjective

Difficult or awkward to use or wield due to its shape, weight or design

“The ponderous shoes soon galled the duchess to such a degree that she took off the thick, irritating worsted stockings and hob-nailed shoes, preferring to journey along the stony road without such incumbrances.”

Adjective

Heavy, or having great weight

“Under the ponderous weight of innumerable little icicles, large branches of trees were broken off in every direction.”

Adjective

Very large in size

of considerable size

extremely large

larger-than-life

not inconsiderable

not to be sneezed at

disproportionate

bigger than life

through the ceiling

not to be reckoned

worth taking into account

earth-shattering

more than human

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“On the previous pages are sketches showing how the large ponderous wheels operated the machinery of the watermills.”

Adjective

Boring or severely lacking in interest

run-of-the-mill

dull as dishwater

lacking variety

soul-destroying

non-stimulating

middle-of-the-road

dull as ditchwater

lacking variation

nothing to write home about

lacking excitement

lacking interest

no great shakes

common or garden

unobjectionable

undistinguished

run of the mill

without variety

flat as pancake

puts one to sleep

nothing special

nothing to get excited about

run-of-the-mine

inconsequential

middle of the road

fair to middling

unexceptionable

demoralizing^US

blending into the background

unextraordinary

behind the times

fair-to-middling

demoralising^UK

par for the course

neither one thing nor the other

of little consequence

of little importance

of no consequence

not worth mentioning

of no importance

of no great concern

matter-of-course

straightforward

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“The chairman, as usual, gave a ponderous speech that left half his listeners snoring in their seats.”

Adjective

Overly verbose or elaborate in phrasing

circumlocutionary

full of verbiage

with the gift of the gab

having kissed the blarney stone

full of hot air

able to talk the hind legs off a donkey

seemingly endless

circumlocuitous

circumlocutional

circumlocutious

blessed with the gift of the gab

having kissed the Blarney Stone

excessively communicative

forever and a day

having kissed the Blarney stone

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“Tucked in the middle of this ponderous description of regional flora was a brief discussion of the dynamics of vegetation.”

Adjective

Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort

energy-consuming

easier said than done

like getting blood out of a stone

pick-and-shovel

character-building

no piece of cake

antagonizing^US

emotionally draining

antagonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

fiendishly difficult

tremendously difficult

very challenging

difficult to achieve

incomprehensible

not to be borne

impossible to cope with

difficult to handle

socially impaired

undisciplinable

confrontational

ill-disciplined

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“It is a ponderous task to delve into the great mass of literature and bring forth the conspicuous points for digestion.”

Adjective

Lacking in speed

procrastinating

underprivileged

slow and steady

slow as molasses

on hands and knees

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Adjective

(of an object or situation) Significant in degree of importance or urgency

of great consequence

of great import

of great moment

earth-shattering

of significance

no laughing matter

of great importance

ground-breaking

at the heart of

life-threatening

highly regarded

meat-and-potatoes

vitally important

of high standing

life-preserving

life-sustaining

earthshattering

at the center of

world-shattering

carrying a lot of weight

worthy of attention

of the utmost importance

hanging by thread

matter of life and death

strictly business

playing hard ball

out of the ordinary

well thought of

across-the-board

across the board

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Adjective

(of language) Overly complex and difficult to understand

hyperventilated

circumlocutionary

full of verbiage

full of hot air

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Adjective

Tending toward excessive moralization

holier-than-thou

schoolmasterist

too good to be true

to keep up appearances

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Not convincing, plausible or believable

scarcely credible

difficult to believe

hard to believe

hard to swallow

unsubstantiated

won't hold water

open to question

wide of the mark

highly unlikely

out of the question

beyond the bounds of possibility

out of the ordinary

inconsequential

incomprehensible

self-contradictory

not in the least likely

not able to hold water

beyond possibility

lacking substance

sensationalized^US

without substance

sensationalised^UK

imcomprehensible

inapprehensible

highly coloured

beyond one's wildest dreams

extremely implausible

extremely unlikely

extremely doubtful

not understandable

extremely difficult to believe

beyond the realm of reason

not to be thought of

wrongly inferred

out of this world

hardly possible

contrary to reason

out-of-this-world

extremely foolish

stupidly irresponsible

off beaten path

never to be forgotten

without justification

without foundation

beyond all reason

out of all reason

castles in the air

not worth considering

like herding cats

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Adjective

Having a surfeit of body fat

of ample proportions

well upholstered

broad in the beam

clinically obese

well-upholstered

on the large side

pleasingly plump

on the plump side

powerfully built

broad-shouldered

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Adjective

Serious or solemn in manner or appearance

strictly business

bound and determined

deep in thought

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Adjective

Of great physical length or extent

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