ponderous
ponderous
englanti
raskasliikkeinen; raskassoutuinen
Esimerkkejä ponderous sanan käytöstä:
The car is a little 'ponderous'.
The novel is verbose and 'ponderous' and does not get off the ground until halfway through.
Synonyymisanakirja: ponderous
ponderous
painava, raskas, kömpelö, järkälemäinen, pitkästyttävä, pitkäveteinen, tylsä, raskassoutuinen, uuvuttava.
Riimisanakirja: ponderous
ponderous rimmaa näiden kanssa:
kierous, nerous...
Käännökset: ponderous
ponderous suomeksi
raskas, pitkäveteinen, uuvuttava, painava
ponderous englanniksi
heavy Heavy, massive, weighty.
1879, w:Julian Hawthorne|Julian Hawthorne, Archibald Malmaison, ch. 5:
(circa) Edgar B. P. Darlington, The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings, ch. 4:
puhekieltä serious Serious, onerous, oppressive.
1781, w:Samuel Johnson|Samuel Johnson, Lives of the Poets, "Dryden":
1845, w:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens, Pictures From Italy, ch. 11:
1915, w:Virginia Woolf|Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out, ch. 19:
clumsy Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.
1915, w:Samuel Hopkins Adams|Samuel Hopkins Adams, Little Miss Grouch, ch. 10:
1919, w:Virginia Woolf|Virginia Woolf, "Kew Gardens":
dull Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.
1863, w:Elizabeth Gaskell|Elizabeth Gaskell, "Cousin Phillis":
1918, w:Gene Stratton-Porter|Gene Stratton-Porter, A Daughter Of The Land, ch. 2:
puhekieltä Characterized by or associated with pondering.
(circa) w:Thomas Manton|Thomas Manton, "Sermon Upon John III" in Works of Thomas Manton (2002 edition), ISBN 9781589603462, http://books.google.ca/books?id=nHpSJCsBOi8C&dq=%22ponderous+thoughts%22&q=%22ponderous+thoughts%22v=snippet&q=%22ponderous%20thoughts%22&f=false p. 464:
1804, The Literary Magazine and American Register, vol. 2, no. 7, http://books.google.ca/books?id=FB0AAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22ponderous+mind%22&q=%22ponderous+mind%22v=snippet&q=%22ponderous%20mind%22&f=false p. 10:
1850, Frasers Magazine for Town and Country'', vol. 41, http://books.google.ca/books?id=yU8ZAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22ponderous+consideration%22&q=%22ponderous+consideration%22v=snippet&q=%22ponderous%20consideration%22&f=false p. 242:
puhekieltä dense Dense.