Cumbrous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cumbrous \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a.
     1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving
        to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
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              He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight.  --Swift.


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              That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures
              English composition so extensively.   --De Quincey.
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     2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.]
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              A clud of cumbrous gnats.             --Spenser.
        -- {Cum"brous*ly}, adv. -- {Cum"brous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cumbrous
       adj : difficult to handle or use especially because of size or
             weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous
             protective clothing" [syn: {cumbersome}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "cumbrous":
     Latinate, 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,
     leaden, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, lumpy, massive, massy,
     onerous, oppressive, pompous, ponderous, sesquipedalian, stiff,
     stilted, superincumbent, turgid, unhandy, unwieldy