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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cumbrous
adj : difficult to handle or use especially because of size or
weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous
protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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