Hyphenation of ponderous

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ponderous? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pon-der-ous

Definitions of ponderous:

1.	Slow and laborious because of weight The heavy tread of tired troops Moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot Ponderous prehistoric beasts A ponderous yawn
2.	Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness A ponderous stone A ponderous burden Ponderous weapons
3.	Labored and dull A ponderous speech

Synonyms of ponderous:

adj	heavy, lumbering, heavy-footed
adj	heavy
adj	uninteresting

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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