ponderousness#1 (n)
heaviness#3 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 07
def an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency
examples a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness
his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition
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Hypernym uninterestingness
Derivationally related form heaviness → heavy
Derivationally related form ponderousness → ponderous
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Derivationally related form heavy → heaviness
Derivationally related form ponderous → ponderousness
Hyponym uninterestingness

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