CUMBERSOME - 9 definitions found
cumbersome adj 1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome, cumbrous] 2: 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] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) cumbersome adjective Date: 1535 1. dialect burdensome, troublesome 2. unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk 3. slow-moving ; ponderous Synonyms: see heavy • cumbersomely adverb • cumbersomeness noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary cumbersome 1. Something that is cumbersome is large and heavy and therefore difficult to carry, wear, or handle. Although the machine looks cumbersome, it is actually easy to use. = unwieldy ADJ 2. A cumbersome system or process is very complicated and inefficient. ...an old and cumbersome computer system... = clumsy ADJ English Explanatory Dictionary cumbersome ˈkʌmbəsəm adj. inconvenient in size, weight, or shape; unwieldy. øøcumbersomely adv. cumbersomeness n. [ME f. CUMBER + -SOME(1)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Cumbersome \Cum"ber*some\ (k?m"b?r-s?m), a. 1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. To perform a cumbersome obedience. --Sir. P. Sidney. 2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor. -- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. -- Cum"ber*some*ness,n. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms cumbersome a. 1. Burdensome, embarrassing, troublesome, vexatious, cumbrous. 2. Unwieldy, unmanageable, clumsy, awkward, inconvenient. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 65 Moby Thesaurus words for "cumbersome": 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 |
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