ponderosity
State of heaviness
Ponderosity is the quality of being ponderous—heavy, weighty, or laboriously slow.
The word applies both to physical mass and to manner: a ponderous tome has ponderosity, as does a speaker who drones on with excessive gravity.
The term itself carries a whiff of irony, being rather ponderous for what it describes.
State of being weighty
burden · load · solidity · tonnage · gravity · pressure · substantiality · weightiness
Dignified, weighty manner
- seriousnessEarnest, weighty demeanor
- earnestnessGenuine seriousness of intent
- weightinessState of being consequential
- dignityInnate personal worth
sobriety · importance · significance · gravity · momentousness · profundity · consequentiality
Moving heavily and awkwardly
- cumbersomeAwkwardly heavy or bulky
- unwieldyAwkward to manipulate
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
- laboredRequiring great exertion
sluggish · ungainly · clumsy · slow · trudging · elephantine · awkward · clunky
Swollen or pompous
- stodgyDull, overly traditional
- laboriousRequiring considerable effort
- heavy-handedClumsy and oppressive
- denseClosely packed together
impenetrable · convoluted · verbose · overwrought · pedantic · long-winded · pompous · bloated
heaviness
State of being weighty
density · burden · load · solidity · tonnage · gravity · pressure · substantiality · weightiness · corpulence
gravitas
Dignified, weighty manner
- seriousnessEarnest, weighty demeanor
- earnestnessGenuine seriousness of intent
- weightinessState of being consequential
dignity · sobriety · importance · significance · gravity · momentousness · profundity · consequentiality
lumbering
Moving heavily and awkwardly
- cumbersomeAwkwardly heavy or bulky
- unwieldyAwkward to manipulate
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
labored · sluggish · ungainly · clumsy · slow · trudging · elephantine · awkward · clunky · dragging
turgid
Swollen or pompous
- stodgyDull, overly traditional
- laboriousRequiring considerable effort
- heavy-handedClumsy and oppressive
dense · impenetrable · convoluted · verbose · overwrought · pedantic · long-winded · pompous · bloated · leaden
ponderositylightness
Minimal weight or gravity
weightlessness · airiness · buoyancy · levity · thinness
ponderositylightness
Minimal weight or gravity
nimbleness · agility · grace · airiness · sprightliness
pound, ponder, pondering, ponderous, pondered, preponderance, imponderable, ponderously, preponderant