cumbrous

3 definitions found

cumbrous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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cumbrous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cumbrous
      adj 1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or
             weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous
             protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome, cumbrous]

cumbrous - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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