'Cumbrous' definitions:
Definition of 'cumbrous'
(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]
Definition of 'Cumbrous'
From: GCIDE
- Cumbrous \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 disfigures English composition so extensively. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A clud of cumbrous gnats. --Spenser. -- {Cum"brous*ly}, adv. -- {Cum"brous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cumbrous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Latinate,
- leaden,
- lubberly,
- lumbering,
- lumpish,
- lumpy,
- massive,
- massy,
- onerous,
- oppressive,
- pompous,
- ponderous,
- sesquipedalian,
- stiff,
- stilted,
- superincumbent,
- turgid,
- unhandy,
- unwieldy