Cumbersome definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CUMBERSOME, a. 1. Troublesome; burdensome; embarrassing; vexatious; as cumbersome obedience. 2. Unwieldy; unmanageable not easily borne or managed; as a cumbersome load; a cumbersome machine. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: difficult to ... handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome, cumbrous] ...
... s 1828 Dictionary CUMBERSOMENESS, n. Burdensomeness; the quality of being cumbersome and troublesome. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: trouble ... piano" [syn: awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness] Merriam Webster's noun see cumbersome Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cumbersome Cum"ber*some (k?m"b?r-s?m), a ... a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. To perform a cumbersome obedience. --Sir. P. Sidney. 2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor. -- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. -- Cum" ...
... handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome, cumbrous] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 15th century cumbersome Synonyms: see heavy • cumbrously adverb • cumbrousness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. = CUMBERSOME. Derivatives: cumbrously adv. cumbrousness n. Etymology: CUMBER + -OUS Webster's ... n. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Burdensome. See cumbersome. Moby Thesaurus Latinate, awkward, bombastic, bulky, burdensome, clogging, clumsy, cramped, cumbersome, elephantine, encumbering, forced, formal, guinde, halting, hampering, heavy, hindering, ...
... In a manner to encumber. Merriam Webster's adverb see cumbersome Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cumbersome Cum"ber*some (k?m"b?r-s?m), a ... a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. To perform a cumbersome obedience. --Sir. P. Sidney. 2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor. -- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. -- Cum"ber ...
... a heavy politician > • heaviness noun Synonyms: heavy, weighty, ponderous, cumbrous, cumbersome mean having great weight. heavy implies that something has greater ... great inertia < ponderous elephants in a circus parade >. cumbrous and cumbersome imply heaviness and bulkiness that make for difficulty in grasping ... or manipulating < wrestled with the cumbrous furniture > < early cameras were cumbersome and inconvenient >. II. adverb Date: before 12th century in a ... hard or difficult to lift. 2. Oppressive, grievous, severe, burdensome, cumbersome, afflictive. 3. Dull, sluggish, inert, inactive, dilatory, stupid, torpid, indolent ... crammed full, cramped, crass, crestfallen, critical, crowded, crucial, crushing, cue, cumbersome, cumbersomely, cumbrous, cumuliform, cumulous, curdled, dandy, dark, dead, debilitated, deep ...
... or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) ; cumbersome • unwieldily adverb • unwieldiness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. (unwieldier, unwieldiest) cumbersome, clumsy, or hard to manage, owing to size, shape, or ... contend with the unwieldy Russian bureaucracy. ...an unwieldy legal system. = cumbersome ADJ Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Unmanageable (from ... burdensome, butterfingered, careless, clownish, clumsy, clumsy-fisted, contrary, cramped, crosswise, cumbersome, cumbrous, discommodious, elephantine, encumbering, fingers all thumbs, forced, formal, fumbling ...
... in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be ... more inept than to repeat it now?" [syn: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen] 5: hard to deal with; especially ... careless, clownish, clumsy, clumsy-fisted, confused, contrary, cramped, crosswise, crushing, cumbersome, cumbrous, dangerous, delicate, difficult, discomfited, discommodious, disconcerted, disconcerting, disturbing, dumb ...
... in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be ... more inept than to repeat it now?" [syn: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen] 3: difficult to handle or manage ... cacophonous, careless, cloddish, clownish, clumsy-fisted, coarse, contrary, crosswise, crude, cumbersome, cumbrous, deficient, discommodious, doggerel, dysphemistic, elephantine, fingers all thumbs, fumbling ...
... in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be ... more inept than to repeat it now?" [syn: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: circa ...
... in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be ... more inept than to repeat it now?" [syn: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen]
... in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be ... more inept than to repeat it now?" [syn: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen] 2: generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless ...
... 1828 Dictionary LUM'BER, n. 1. Any thing useless and cumbersome, or things bulky and thrown aside as of no use ... of furniture etc. inconveniently taking up space. 2 useless or cumbersome objects. 3 US partly prepared timber. --v. 1 tr. a ...