Cumbrous

  • 1Cumbrous — Cum brous (k?m br?s), a. 1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging. [1913 Webster] He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. Swift. [1913 Webster] That cumbrousand unwieldy style which… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2cumbrous — index oppressive, ponderous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3cumbrous — (adj.) late 14c., cumbersome, troublesome, clumsy, unwieldy, from CUMBER (Cf. cumber) + OUS (Cf. ous) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4cumbrous — ► ADJECTIVE literary ▪ cumbersome …

    English terms dictionary

  • 5cumbrous — [kum′brəs] adj. CUMBERSOME cumbrously adv. cumbrousness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 6cumbrous — cumbersome, cumbrous ponderous, *heavy, weighty, hefty Analogous words: burdensome, *onerous: *awkward, clumsy: *irksome, wearisome, tiresome Contrasted words: compact, *close: * …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 7cumbrous — adjective Date: 15th century cumbersome Synonyms: see heavy • cumbrously adverb • cumbrousness noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 8cumbrous — cumbrously, adv. cumbrousness, n. /kum breuhs/, adj. cumbersome. [1325 75; ME cumberous. See CUMBER, OUS] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 9cumbrous — adjective /ˈkʌmbɹəs/ Unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome …

    Wiktionary

  • 10cumbrous — Synonyms and related words: Latinate, awkward, bombastic, bulky, burdensome, clogging, clumsy, cramped, cumbersome, elephantine, encumbering, forced, formal, guinde, halting, hampering, heavy, hindering, hulking, hulky, impedimental, impeding,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

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