'cumbersome' definitions:
Definition of 'cumbersome'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome, cumbrous]
adjective
Not elegant or graceful 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]
Definition of 'cumbersome'
From: GCIDE
- cumbersome \cum"ber*some\ (k?m"b?r-s?m), a.
- 1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. [1913 Webster]
- To perform a cumbersome obedience. --Sir. P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. [1913 Webster]
- He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor. -- {Cum"ber*some*ly}, adv. -- {Cum"ber*some*ness},n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cumbersome'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all thumbs,
- awkward,
- blunderheaded,
- blundering,
- boorish,
- bulky,
- bumbling,
- bungling,
- burdensome,
- butterfingered,
- careless,
- clownish,
- clumsy,
- clumsy-fisted,
- contrary,
- crosswise,
- cumbrous,
- elephantine,
- encumbering,
- fingers all thumbs,
- fumbling,
- gauche,
- gawkish,
- gawky,
- graceless,
- ham-fisted,
- ham-handed,
- hampering,
- heavy-handed,
- hulking,
- hulky,
- impedimental,
- impeding,
- impeditive,
- impractical,
- inconvenient,
- incumbent,
- inelegant,
- irksome,
- left-hand,
- left-handed,
- loutish,
- lubberly,
- lumbering,
- lumpish,
- lumpy,
- maladroit,
- massive,
- massy,
- oafish,
- onerous,
- oppressive,
- perverse,
- ponderous,
- sloppy,
- stiff,
- superincumbent,
- tiresome,
- uncouth,
- ungainly,
- ungraceful,
- unhandy,
- unmanageable,
- unwieldy,
- wearisome