About The Word Cumbrous
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Cumbrous
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What's The Definition Of Cumbrous?
[adj] difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Cumbrous: cumbersome | unmanageable | unwieldy Related Terms | Find terms related to Cumbrous: awkward | bombastic | bulky | burdensome | clogging | clumsy | cramped | cumbersome | elephantine | encumbering | forced | formal | guinde | halting | hampering | heavy | hindering | hulking | hulky | impedimental | impeding | impeditive | incumbent | inkhorn | labored | Latinate | leaden | lubberly | lumbering | lumpish | lumpy | massive | massy | onerous | oppressive | pompous | ponderous | sesquipedalian | stiff | stilted | superincumbent | turgid | unhandy | unwieldy See Also | Cumbrous In Webster's Dictionary \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a.
1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving
to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. --Swift.
That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures
English composition so extensively. --De Quincey.
2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.]
A clud of cumbrous gnats. --Spenser.
-- {Cum"brous*ly}, adv. -- {Cum"brous*ness}, n.
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