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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

Done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress

Tending toward excessive moralization

Not convincing, plausible or believable

Having a surfeit of body fat

Serious or solemn in manner or appearance

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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

difficult to handle

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“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

not inconsiderable

not to be sneezed at

extremely large

larger-than-life

intercontinental

all-encompassing

across-the-board

greatest possible

greatest amount of

disproportionate

bigger than life

through the ceiling

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

dull as ditchwater

lacking variation

nothing to write home about

lacking excitement

lacking interest

no great shakes

common or garden

undistinguished

without variety

non-stimulating

unobjectionable

flat as pancake

puts one to sleep

middle-of-the-road

run of the mill

nothing special

nothing to get excited about

run-of-the-mine

inconsequential

fair to middling

middle of the road

straightforward

unexceptionable

demoralizing^US

blending into the background

fair-to-middling

unextraordinary

matter-of- fact

of poor quality

demoralising^UK

par for the course

neither one thing nor the other

behind the times

of little consequence

of little importance

of no consequence

not worth mentioning

of no importance

of no great concern

matter-of-course

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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

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

overly solicitous

incomprehensible

not to be borne

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

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

strictly business

playing hard ball

meat-and-potatoes

vitally important

life-preserving

life-sustaining

earthshattering

world-shattering

carrying a lot of weight

worthy of attention

hanging by thread

matter of life and death

of the utmost importance

at the heart of

life-threatening

across-the-board

across the board

most influential

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Adjective

Done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

high and mighty

high-and-mighty

swollen with pride

self-opinionated

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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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Adjective

Not convincing, plausible or believable

scarcely credible

difficult to believe

hard to believe

hard to swallow

won't hold water

highly unlikely

out of the question

beyond the bounds of possibility

out of the ordinary

inconsequential

unsubstantiated

incomprehensible

not in the least likely

not able to hold water

self-contradictory

beyond possibility

without substance

lacking substance

sensationalized^US

imcomprehensible

inapprehensible

sensationalised^UK

beyond one's wildest dreams

extremely implausible

extremely doubtful

extremely unlikely

not understandable

extremely difficult to believe

beyond the realm of reason

not to be thought of

highly coloured

out of this world

uncharacteristic

unrepresentative

in a league of its own

without parallel

feather-brained

extremely foolish

stupidly irresponsible

off your trolley

beyond your ken

ground-breaking

thin on the ground

few and far between

out of the common

never to be forgotten

off beaten path

beyond all reason

out of all reason

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Adjective

Having a surfeit of body fat

of ample proportions

well upholstered

broad in the beam

clinically obese

well-upholstered

pleasingly plump

on the plump side

powerfully built

broad-shouldered

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Adjective

Serious or solemn in manner or appearance

strictly business

of great import

of significance

of great importance

no laughing matter

of great consequence

matter of life and death

bound and determined

deep in thought

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