Ponderousness

pon·der·ous  (pndr-s)

adj.

1. Having great weight.

2. Unwieldy from weight or bulk.

3. Lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull: a ponderous speech. See Synonyms at heavy.

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[Middle English, from Old French pondereux, from Latin pondersus, from pondus, ponder-, weight; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]

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ponder·ous·ly adv.

ponder·ous·ness, ponder·osi·ty (-s-t) n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ponderousness - an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency; "a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness"; "his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition" heaviness uninterestingness - inability to capture or hold one's interest
	2.	ponderousness - the property of being large in mass heft, ponderosity, heftiness, massiveness heaviness, weightiness - the property of being comparatively great in weight; "the heaviness of lead"